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Justice and Sustainability: Resistance and Innovation in a Transnational Land Deal in Ghana

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  • Poul Wisborg

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Resistance and social innovation shape the outcomes of transnational land grabbing in terms of justice and sustainability. This paper examines a case of appropriation of land in southern Ghana. The resultant environmental effects and the loss of farmland triggered resistance, particularly after a shift from biofuel to large-scale food production. Resistance induced the company to seek "operational peace" by paying compensation to those who lost farmland and trying to improve its local relations. The case exhibits both resistance to land appropriation and some modest steps towards social innovation, though not adequate to address social justice issues linked to land, labour, gender, and the environment. Understanding the dynamics of resistance and innovation is helpful in addressing issues of social justice and sustainability involved in transnational land grabbing).

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  • Poul Wisborg, 2013. "Justice and Sustainability: Resistance and Innovation in a Transnational Land Deal in Ghana," QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, Associazione Rossi Doria, issue 2, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rar:journl:0264
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    1. Kerstin Nolte & Susanne Vaeth, 2013. "Interplay of Land Governance and Large-Scale Agricultural Investment: Evidence from Ghana and Kenya," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201350, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).

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    Keywords

    Appropriation; Ghana; Human rights; Innovation and invention; Land; Norway; Resistance; Transnational; Political economy; Legal institutions; Land ownership and tenure; Environment and development;
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    JEL classification:

    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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