In this paper, a framework is developed to empirically analyse conflicts over land in the context of structural …' conflicts resulting from 'global' crises. Building on Bourdieu's concept of the field and on an actor oriented concept of …

Struggles over meaning construction are an essential part of conflicts over large-scale land transformations. To …' framing strategies in conflicts over large-scale mining and agro-industrial projects. Discursive opportunity structures (DOS … discursive structures. Empirically, the study compares conflicts over gold mining and agro-industry in Senegal. Some elements of …

- social conflicts have increased. In many of these conflicts, traditional authorities are central actors. Whereas a number of … studies deals with traditional authorities as mediators and arbitrators in conflicts, the role of traditional authorities as …-industrial ScanFarm project in Ghana, I examine the relevance of traditional authorities' power for the emergence and course of conflicts …