Indigenous people and mineral resource extraction in Russia: The case of diamonds

Earth Matters: Indigenous Peoples, the Extractive Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 222-244

  Crate, Susan A ^a   Yakovleva, Natalia ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866319999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351279680-13     Document Type: Chapter

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