Trade unions, politics and parties: Is a new configuration possible?

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-331

  Hyman, Richard ^a   Gumbrell Mccormick, Rebecca ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

christian democracy; communism; Europe; government; parties; politics; social democracy; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997908390     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258910373863     Document Type: Article

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