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Governmentality, Regulatory Capture and Re-Imagining Citizen Subjectivities as Resistance: the case of the Mount Thorley-Warkworth coal mine expansion in New South Wales, Australia
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posted on 2017-09-19, 04:19 authored by TANYA MARGARET ANSTEY-MUDDThis thesis explores how citizens engage with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process to influence decision making outcomes for major projects such as coal mines. A detailed case study is presented of the community of Bulga, exploring their experiences in trying to prevent the expansion of the Mt Thorley-Warkworth coal mine expansion in the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.