Lost in Translation: How Street-Level Bureaucrats Condition Union Solidarity

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Lost in Translation : How Street-Level Bureaucrats Condition Union Solidarity. / Thierry, Jessica Maria Sampson; Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg.

In: Journal of European Integration, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2018, p. 819-834.

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Thierry, JMS & Martinsen, DS 2018, 'Lost in Translation: How Street-Level Bureaucrats Condition Union Solidarity', Journal of European Integration, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 819-834. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2018.1509510

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Thierry, J. M. S., & Martinsen, D. S. (2018). Lost in Translation: How Street-Level Bureaucrats Condition Union Solidarity. Journal of European Integration, 40(6), 819-834. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2018.1509510

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Thierry JMS, Martinsen DS. Lost in Translation: How Street-Level Bureaucrats Condition Union Solidarity. Journal of European Integration. 2018;40(6):819-834. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2018.1509510

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Thierry, Jessica Maria Sampson ; Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg. / Lost in Translation : How Street-Level Bureaucrats Condition Union Solidarity. In: Journal of European Integration. 2018 ; Vol. 40, No. 6. pp. 819-834.

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