Rethinking Union Strategy? Reflections on a Critique of ‘Left Productivism’

Labour and Industry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 25-40

  Hampson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85044796587     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2006.10669343     Document Type: Article

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