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Ecological damage, human rights and Oil: local advocacy NGOs dialogic action and alternative accounting practices

Denedo, M.; Thomson, I.; Yonekura, Akira

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Authors

I. Thomson

Akira Yonekura



Abstract

This study explores why local NGOs in the Niger Delta integrate dialogic action and accounts into their campaigns to protect the human, economic and environmental rights of indigenous communities. The NGOs considered their alternative-accounts effective in problematizing the need for greater accountability, giving greater visibilities to unsustainable practices, building the capacity of the indigenous people, creating networks of engagement, giving voice to indigenous communities and addressing some of the power imbalances in this region. NGOs and local community representatives asserted that the production and communication of accounts of their suffering were making a difference and creating hope for future change.

Citation

Denedo, M., Thomson, I., & Yonekura, A. (2019). Ecological damage, human rights and Oil: local advocacy NGOs dialogic action and alternative accounting practices. Accounting Forum, 43(1), 85-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2019.1589904

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 5, 2018
Online Publication Date Sep 18, 2018
Publication Date Mar 28, 2019
Deposit Date Sep 19, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 18, 2020
Journal Accounting Forum
Print ISSN 0155-9982
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 1
Pages 85-112
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2019.1589904
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1319073

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