From boomerangs to minefields and catapults
Dynamics of Trans-Local Resistance to Land-Grabs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2157382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leah Temper (0000-0002-6627-0404, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 188-216 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066150.2017.1398144 |
| OpenAlex | W2791702161 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 53 |
This paper explores the political processes that activists engaged in contesting land grabbing have triggered to connect claims across borders and to international institutions, regimes and processes. Through a review of cases of land-grab resistance that have led to project cancelation or suspension, I argue that contextual elements of the land grab and shifting geopolitics highlight the need for adaptation and refinement of models of transnational advocacy, historically structured in North-South patterns. For example, while some elements of the boomerang pattern of transnational advocacy are still relevant, changing realities call for new empirically enriched models. To this end, I outline two typologies of political contention that can help us conceptualize multi-scalar interactions between activists to demonstrate the impact of local resistances at larger scales - 'the catapult effect' and the 'minefield effect'. This paper contributes to calls for further theorization to understand how feedback processes between international discourses, meso-politics and conflicts and resistance at local sites of production impact the implementation of contested land deals
Agriculture · Archaeology · Dynamics (music · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Land grabbing · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Mining and Resource Management · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
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| Citations per year | 5,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |