Strategies in search of structures: The real world of community unionism in relation to black and minority ethnic communities

Community Unionism: A Comparative Analysis of Concepts and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 75-92

  Lucio, Miguel Martínez ^a   Perrett, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84994384364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230242180     Document Type: Chapter

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