Facing criticism: An analysis of (land-based) corporate responses to the large-scale land acquisition countermovement

Autor(en)

Tijo Salverda

Abstrakt

This contribution analyses how corporations involved in large-scale land acquisition respond to a countermovement of critics such as non-governmental organisations, local communities, peasant movements, scholars and journalists. Though the countermovement rightly receives much attention, its impact on corporations/investors is less discussed. International guidelines and corporate pledges to ban ‘land grabbing’ in their operations, however, may be signs that critics have some influence. Yet by no means has this proven to be sufficient. Starting from a study of a European agribusiness operating in Zambia, this paper aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the extent to which corporations are susceptible to a countermovement.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Journal

The Journal of Peasant Studies

Band

46

Seiten

1003

Anzahl der Seiten

1020

ISSN

0306-6150

Publikationsdatum

2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504008 Ethnographie, 405006 Agrarsoziologie, 504017 Kulturanthropologie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/facing-criticism-an-analysis-of-landbased-corporate-responses-to-the-largescale-land-acquisition-countermovement(ce06a84f-9d41-45e7-87b5-4f3f953a074e).html