Zones of exclusion: Offshore extraction, the contestation of space and physical displacement in the Nigerian delta and the Mexican Gulf

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Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 557-582

  Zalik, Anna ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development induced displacement; Mexico; Nigeria; Offshore; Oil; Security

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SECURITY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 66549109078     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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