The New Solidarity? Trade Union Coalition-Building in Five Countries

Varieties of Unionism: Strategies for Union Revitalization in a Globalizing Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Frege, Carola ^a,b   Heery, Edmund ^c   Turner, Lowell ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Coalitions; Mobilization; Opportunity structure; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 85081851908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270149.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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