Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2007, 43(3): 495-522 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2007.43.3.01

Workers without Power: Agency, Legacies, and Labour Decline in East European Varieties of Capitalism

Pieter Vanhuysse
University of Haifa

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Vanhuysse, P. (2007). Workers without Power: Agency, Legacies, and Labour Decline in East European Varieties of Capitalism. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 43(3), 495-522. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2007.43.3.01
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