How to be heard when nobody wants to listen: Community action against mining in Argentina

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 281-301

  Walter, Mariana ^a,b   Martinez Alier, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CEECEC (Civil Society Engagement with Ecological Economics)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING; OPEN PIT MINE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 77955079070     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2010.9669292     Document Type: Article

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