"Horizontal" and "vertical" diffusion: The cumulative influence of Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) on mining policy-production in New Caledonia

Resources Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 648-656

  Le Meur, Pierre Yves ^a   Horowitz, Leah S ^b   Mennesson, Thierry ^c  

^a Research Unit Governance   (New Caledonia)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Executive director of the semi public company Mwe Ara ^*  (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Cumulative impacts; Decolonization; Indigenous rights; New Caledonia; Resource politics; State making

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; DECOLONIZATION; INDIGENOUS RIGHTS; NEW CALEDONIA; RESOURCE POLITICS; STATE-MAKING;

ACCESS CONTROL; INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DIFFUSION;

DECOLONIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LEGAL RIGHTS; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STAKEHOLDER; STATE BUILDING;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

EID: 84887619286     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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