Turning Protesters into Monitors: Appraising Critical Collaboration in the Mining Industry

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-179

  Rolston, Jessica Smith ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropology; ethnography; mining; monitoring and evaluation; nonprofits and community involvement; North America; rural communities

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; MINING INDUSTRY; MONITORING; POPULAR PROTEST; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84921371946     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.945063     Document Type: Article

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