Beating the odds: The quest for justice by South African asbestos mining communities

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 32, Issue 103, 2005, Pages 63-77

  McCulloch, Jock ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING INDUSTRY; POPULAR PROTEST;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN CAPE; PRIESKA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20644451595     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240500121057     Document Type: Article

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