Anthropology in the Mining Industry: Community Relations After Bougainville's Civil War

by Glynn Cochrane

Book Overview

This book outlines how Rio Tinto--one of the world's largest miners--redesigned and rebuilt relationships with communities after the rejection of the company during Bougainville's Civil War. Glynn Cochrane recalls how he and colleagues utilized their training as social anthropologists to help the company to earn an industry leadership reputation and competitive business advantage by establishing the case for long-term, on the ground, smoke-in-the-eyes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319843710
• ISBN13: 9783319843711
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"