Scales of Benefit: Political Leverage in the Negotiation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Mineral Exploration and Mining in Rural British Columbia, Canada

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 386-401

  Heisler, Karen ^a   Markey, Sean ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aboriginal communities; Canada; corporate social responsibility (CSR); jurisdiction; local government; mining; rural development

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84875353289     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.695858     Document Type: Article

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