'Soon there will be no-one left to take the corpses to the morgue': Accumulation and abjection in Ghana's mining communities

Resources Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-63

  Bush, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal mining; Community; Development; Galamsey; Ghana; International mining companies; Resistance; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPMENT; GALAMSEY; GHANA; INTERNATIONAL MINING COMPANIES; RESISTANCE; WOMEN;

MINING;

ARTISANAL MINING; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; GOLD MINE; MINERAL RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60749102887     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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