Mining work, family and community: A spatially-oriented approach to the impact of the Ravensthorpe nickel mine closure in remote Australia

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Mining work, family and community: A spatially-oriented approach to the impact of the Ravensthorpe nickel mine closure in remote Australia

While changes in work and employment practices in the mining sector have been profound, the literature addressing mining work is somewhat partial as it focuses primarily on the workplace as the key (or only) site of analysis, leaving the relationship between mining work and families and communities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	McDonald, P., Mayes, Robyn, Pini, Barbara
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Sage Publications Ltd. 2012
Subjects:	labour geography mining work and employment practices community work–family mine closure labour relations
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46907

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