Globalization and the Logic of Participation: Unions and the Politics of Coalition Building

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-97

  Turner, Lowell ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

coalition building; globalization; logic of participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992806986     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185606059315     Document Type: Article

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