The political role of the corporation, stakeholder engagement, and law: A study of mining-Indigenous relations in Australia JASON SING 10.26180/5d53499713a5d https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/The_political_role_of_the_corporation_stakeholder_engagement_and_law_A_study_of_mining-Indigenous_relations_in_Australia/9598712 This thesis presents a qualitative, exploratory study of mining-Indigenous relations in Australia. It contributes to knowledge through a novel investigation of the political role of the corporation that brings socio-legal studies into debates on business-society relations. I employed a multi-case study research design, and immersed myself in two Rio Tinto mining operations that come under contrasting land rights laws. I show how the political role of the corporation comprises co-evolving consensual and dissensual stakeholder engagement that mutually shape each other’s development. I then conclude that law shapes and is shaped by stakeholder engagement and, thus, is generative of mining-Indigenous relations. 2019-08-13 23:36:53 Political role of the corporation Stakeholder engagement Power processes Mining Australia Mining-Indigenous relations Reflexive methods Vulnerability Racialised law Law Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement