Why women are at war with Chevron: Nigerian subsistence struggles against the International Oil Industry

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 63-93

  Turner, Terisa E ^a   Brownhill, Leigh S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c International Oil Working Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

International Oil Industry; Nigeria; Subsistence; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; OIL INDUSTRY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SUBSISTENCE; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 2142649105     PISSN: 00219096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021909604048251     Document Type: Article

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