Indigenous rights, resistance, and the law: Lessons from a Guatemalan mine

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 91-121

  Fulmer, Amanda M ^a   Godoy, Angelina Snodgrass ^a   Neff, Philip ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 64349101500     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2008.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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