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Urban labour, voice and legitimacy: economic development and the emergence of community unionism
Author(s) -
Symon Graham,
Crawshaw Jonathan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2008.00517.x
Subject(s) - legitimacy , subject (documents) , industrial relations , political science , regeneration (biology) , political economy , sociology , economic system , economics , law , politics , library science , computer science , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Community unionism has emerged in the past decade as a growing strand of industrial relations research and is influencing trade union strategies for renewal. This article seeks to further develop the concept, while exploring the potential roles for unions in communities subject to projects of urban regeneration.