Trade union struggles for autonomy and democracy in Zimbabwe

Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 157-197

  Saunders, Richard ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230610033_6     Document Type: Chapter

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