Right to food, right to mine? Competing human rights claims in Bangladesh

Geoforum

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 248-257

  Bedi, Heather Plumridge ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Corporate social responsibility; Human rights; Mining; Right to food; United nations special rapporteurs

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD SELECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; UNITED NATIONS; VIOLENCE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84921464758     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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