Exemplifying accumulation by dispossession: Mining and indigenous peoples in the philippines

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-161

  Holden, William ^a   Nadeau, Kathleen ^b   Jacobson, R Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation by dispossession; Indigenous peoples; Militarization; Mining; Philippines; Primitive accumulation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; CULTURAL RELATIONS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MILITARY APPLICATION; MINING; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL CONFLICT; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 79960386271     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2011.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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