When miners become "foreigners": Competing categorizations within gold mining spaces in Guinea

Resources Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-127

  Bolay, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining (ASM); Autochthony; Corporate social responsibility; Guinea; Mobility

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; GOLD; GOLD MINES; INDUSTRY;

ARTISANAL AND SMALL SCALE MINING; AUTOCHTHONY; COMPARATIVE READING; CONFLICT SITUATION; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); GUINEA; MINING COMMUNITIES; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

MINERS;

ARTISANAL MINING; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GOLD MINE; LABOR MOBILITY; SMALL SCALE MINING;

GUINEA;

EID: 84903154054     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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