What is the social licence to operate? Local perceptions of oil and gas projects in Russia's Komi Republic and Sakhalin Island

Extractive Industries and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-81

  Wilson, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Oil and gas; Russian North; Social licence; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948845225     PISSN: 2214790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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