| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The resource curse compared : Australian Aboriginal participation in the resource extraction industry and distribution of impacts / Marcia Langton and Odette Mazel -- Curse or opportunity? Mineral revenues, rent seeking and development in Aboriginal Australia / Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh -- Measuring indigenous outcomes from mining agreements in Australia : the role of applied demography / John Taylor -- Papua New Guinea : conflicts, customary landholding and resource exploitation / George Yapao, Lee Godden and Steven Pettigrove -- Mining companies as agents for social development : the case for more effectual corporate-community investments / Ana Maria Esteves -- Agreements, taxation and natural wealth accounts : distribution, preservation and economic development -- Legal forms and their implications for long-term relationships and economic, cultural and social empowerment : structuring agreements in Australia / Maureen Tehan and Lee Godden -- Five principles for managing Timor-Leste's natural resource revenue wisely / Jen Drysdale -- The development forum in Papua New Guinea : evaluating outcomes for local communities / Colin Filer -- Tax law and policy for indigenous economic development in Australia / Miranda Stewart -- Native title agreements, taxation and economic development in Australia / Lisa Strelein -- The income tax exempt charitable structure as a vehicle for holding Australian native title interests : some lessons from New Zealand / Fiona Martin -- Turning a benefit agreement into practical development : a case study of a Papua New Guinea development foundation / Tim Offor and Barbara Sharp -- From paternalism to partnership : the Good Neighbour Agreement and the Argyle Diamond Mine Indigenous Land Use Agreement in Western Australia / Kim Doohan, Marcia Langton and Odette Mazel -- Engaging communities in resource development initiatives in Timor-Leste / Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho and Lisa Palmer -- To be destitute or to benefit : corporate social responsibility and mining in South Africa / Henk Kloppers and Willemien Du Plessis |
| Summary |
How are indigenous and local people faring in their dealings with mining and related industries in the first part of the 21st century? The unifying experience in all the resource-rich states covered in the book is the social and economic disadvantage experienced by indigenous peoples and local communities, paradoxically surrounded by wealth-producing projects. Another critical commonality is the role of law. Where the imposition of statutory regulation is likely to result in conflict with local people, some large modern corporations have shown a preference for alternatives to repressive measur |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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Mining law.
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Mining law -- Australia.
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia
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Mining law -- Papua New Guinea
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Papua New Guinea
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Mining industry
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Native title -- Mining industry
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Indigenous peoples
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Economics -- Taxation
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Economics -- Economic development
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Native title -- Agreements -- Indigenous Land Use
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Socioeconomic conditions
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LAW -- Military.
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Mining law.
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Australia
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Papua New Guinea (PNG)
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New Zealand (N.Z.)
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East Timor
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South Africa
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Argyle Diamond Mine (WA East Kimberley SE52-02)
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Australia.
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Papua New Guinea.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Langton, Marcia, 1951-
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Longbottom, Judy
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| ISBN |
9781136337116 |
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1136337113 |
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1280682078 |
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9781280682070 |
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9780203123119 |
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0203123115 |
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9781136337109 |
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1136337105 |
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