Legal Mobilization in Large-Scale Land Deals

Dr. Annette Schramm

doi:10.5771/9783748907602

Summary

Die Autorin untersucht, wie lokale Akteure, die von großflächigen Landinvestitionen betroffen sind, ihre Interessen mit rechtlichen Normen schützen. Erfolgsbedingungenwerden durch rechtliche, soziale Mobilisierungs- und Business Management Perspektiven identifiziert und in vier Fallstudien aus Sierra Leone und den Philippinen spezifiziert. Die Befunde zeigen die Relevanz der nationalen rechtlichen Opportunitätsstrukturen, der Stärke von Unterstützungsnetzwerken sowie der Charakteristika von Unternehmen. Auch die Rolle von politischen Eliten und die Einigkeit lokaler Akteure ist zentral.

Das Buch ist für Leser und Leserinnen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis relevant, die sich für die Interaktion von rechtlichen Möglichkeiten und lokalen Reaktionen bei großen Investitionsprojekten interessieren. Mit Fallbeispielen aus dem Globalen Süden leistet die Arbeit einen Beitrag zur Literatur zu rechtlicher Mobilisierung. Damit fokussiert das Buch auf ein weniger erforschtes Phänomen sozialer Mobilisierung.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6703-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0760-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 294
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 16 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1.1 Research question and scope of the study
2. 1.2 Research program and findings
3. 1.3 Contributions to academic literature and policy debates
4. 1.4 Outline of chapters
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1. 1. 2.1.1 Global trends
  2. 2.1.2 Drivers
  3. 2.1.3 Consequences
2. 1. 2.2.1 Human rights versus market-based approaches towards large-scale land deals
  2. 2.2.2 International instruments for regulating large-scale land deals
  3. 2.2.3 Gaps in international regulation and the question of a right to land
3. 1. 2.3.1 Theoretical arguments
  2. 2.3.2 Existing empirical research
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1. 1. 3.1.1 Bounded rationality
  2. 3.1.2 Configurational thinking
2. 1. 3.2.1 Background: bargaining theory
  2. 3.2.2 Local actors – TNC relationship: an interactive bargaining process
3. 1. 3.3.1 Legal perspective
  2. 3.3.2 Social mobilization perspective
  3. 3.3.3 Business management perspective
4. 1. 3.4.1 Bringing the three perspectives together
  2. 3.4.2 Conceptualization of core conditions
5. 3.5 Summary of the framework
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1. 1. 4.1.1 Evaluating the national legal opportunity structure
  2. 4.1.2 Causal process tracing
  3. 4.1.3 Case comparison
2. 1. 4.2.1 Choosing case countries
  2. 4.2.2 Choosing cases of large-scale land deals
3. 1. 4.3.1 Field visits and interviews
  2. 4.3.2 NGO reports, media articles and additional documents
4. 4.4 Course of action of the analysis
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1. 1. 5.1.1 Current trends and agricultural background
  2. 5.1.2 Government policies to attract foreign investment in agriculture
  3. 5.1.3 Civil society responses and network formation
2. 1. 5.2.1 Existing land tenure system and central laws
  2. 5.2.2 Regulations regarding foreign land investments and grievance mechanisms
  3. 5.2.3 Evaluating the national legal opportunity structure
3. 1. 5.3.1 Overview of the investment of Addax Bioengery
  2. 5.3.2 Legal representation for the village of Masethleh
  3. 5.3.3 The Addax project: a poster child for responsible investment
  4. 5.3.4 The support network: SiLNoRF and Namati
  5. 5.3.5 Discussion and additional issues
4. 1. 5.4.1 Overview of the investment of Socfin Agricultural Company
  2. 5.4.2 Calling on Sierra Leonean legal institutions – whose side is the law on?
  3. 5.4.3 Socfin, the chiefdom authorities and the Sierra Leonean state
  4. 5.4.4 The support network: Green Scenery and FIAN Belgium
  5. 5.4.5 Discussion and additional issues
5. 1. 5.5.1 Comparison between the cases of Addax Bioenergy and Socfin Sierra Leone
  2. 5.5.2 Summary of findings from Sierra Leone
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1. 1. 6.1.1 Current trends and agricultural background
  2. 6.1.2 Government policies to attract foreign investment in agriculture
  3. 6.1.3 Civil society networks
2. 1. 6.2.1 National land laws and tenure system
  2. 6.2.2 Rules and regulations regarding foreign large-scale land deals
  3. 6.2.3 Evaluating the national legal opportunity structure
3. 1. 6.3.1 Overview of the investment of Green Future Innovations Inc.
  2. 6.3.2 Escalating mobilization efforts from below and above
  3. 6.3.3 The company: complications of a joint venture business
  4. 6.3.4 Support network: the radical left
  5. 6.3.5 Discussion and additional issues
4. 1. 6.4.1 Overview of the investment of Agumil Philippines, Inc.
  2. 6.4.2 The failure of institutional mechanisms and subsequent legal mobilization attempts by cooperatives
  3. 6.4.3 Agumil and the Land Bank
  4. 6.4.4 Fragmented support and missing internal mobilization
  5. 6.4.5 Discussion and additional issues
5. 1. 6.5.1 Comparison of Green Future Innovations and Agumil
  2. 6.5.3 Summary of findings from the Philippines
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1. 7.1 Comparing Sierra Leone and the Philippines
2. 7.2 An extended framework of legal mobilization success in large-scale land deals
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1. 8.1 Summary
2. 8.2 Limitations and future research desiderata
3. 8.3 Implications of my findings for regulating large-scale land deals
Appendix: list of interviewsPages 259 - 264 Download chapter (PDF)
Publication bibliographyPages 265 - 294 Download chapter (PDF)

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