Multinationals and the Social Perspectives: An Assessment of the Mining Communities in Western Ghana By Samuel Akwasi Sarpong This thesis is submitted to Cardiff University in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY MAY 2010
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