A corporate responsibility? The constitution of fly-in, fly-out mining companies as governance partners in remote, mine-affected localities

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Cheshire, Lynda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Governance; Governmentality; Mining; Partnerships; Patronage

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MINING INDUSTRY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 74449093852     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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