The Social License: Empowering Communities and a Better Way Forward

Social Epistemology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 318-339

  Syn, Juliette ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extractive Sector; Land Rights; Social License

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905368551     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2014.922640     Document Type: Article

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