Tools for the disempowered? indigenous leverage over mining companies

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-562

  Trebeck, Katherine Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35649011525     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361140701513604     Document Type: Article

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