Political economy, demography and development in Australia's Northern Territory

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-242

  Carson, Dean ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

demographic indicators; economic diversification; labour economy; mobility; Northern Territory; staples thesis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; ECONOMIC PLANNING; LABOR MARKET; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 79957495209     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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