Germany's Agenda 2010 reforms: Passive revolution at the crossroads

Capital & Class

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-428

  Bruff, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenda 2010; Germany; Gramsci; hegemony; passive revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993724966     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309816810378153     Document Type: Article

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