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Chinese Human Rights Guidance on Minerals Sourcing: Building Soft Power
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Thesaurusschlagwörter
China; Menschenrechte; natürliche Ressourcen; Richtlinie; Auslandsinvestition; OECD; soziale Verantwortung; Corporate Social Responsibility; Afrika; Außenpolitik
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
China; business impact on human rights; minerals sector investment and sourcing; corporate social responsibility; conflict minerals; soft law; Social Sciences; Political Sciences; Geopolitics
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 135-154
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 46 (2017) 2
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Keine Bearbeitung 3.0