Regionalism and employer groups in Spain, Italy, and the UK

Territory, Politics, Governance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 270-286

  Medina, Iván ^a   Molins, Joaquim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business associations; Italy; New regionalism; Spain; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971486975     PISSN: 21622671     EISSN: 2162268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2014.954602     Document Type: Article

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