Environmental militarism: Burma's extractive industries

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 52, 2005, Pages 47-61

  Smith, Matthew ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Burma; Corporate accountability; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental rights; Human rights; Military; Natural gas; Pipelines; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; NATURAL GAS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 36549045047     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9774/GLEAF.3062.2005.wi.00006     Document Type: Article

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