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  Piercing the Fog: Transcalar Social Mobilization around Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Mozambique

Gerken, L. (2023). Piercing the Fog: Transcalar Social Mobilization around Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Mozambique. PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen, Cologne. doi:10.17185/duepublico/77358.

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 Abstract: Global interest in land as a commodity on the world market increased in the mid-2000s in the form of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA). Potential harmful effects and the opacity that characterizes these land deals provoke resistance from social movements. At the same time, land is increasingly regulated in multilevel governance, which offers opportunity structures to activists. By tracing the development of land regulations, I argue in my dissertation that a land norm emerged as a result of activists pushing for the adoption of land governance and because of the salience of the topic due to rising LSLA. The dissertation further explores strategies of transcalar social mobilization in situations of lacking information. In a comparative case study of the resistance to two large-scale land investments in Mozambique, I trace how repertoires unfold and activists perceive different political and legal opportunity structures to unveil information and call for transparency; in this context, I identify the legal opportunity structure of co-authoring legal instruments. Last, drawing on models of transnational social mobilization, my study reveals how information about a target of social mobilization is generated in the first place. The findings show that activists deploy three repertoires to address the lack of information: research and assessment to better understand the project at hand, networking to use and create relations to access information, and community training to disseminate generated knowledge.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2021-12-312022-07-222023-05-052023
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: vii, 8-178
 Publishing info: Cologne : University of Duisburg-Essen
 Table of Contents: Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Figures, Tables, and Maps
1 Introduction
2 Theories of Transcalar Social Mobilization
2.1 Establishing a Movement and Taking Action
2.2 Transferring Northern Concepts to Southern Settings
2.3 Models of Social Mobilization
2.4 The Role of Information in Social Mobilization
2.5 Transparency and Social Mobilization
3 The Governance of Land
3.1 The Rise of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
3.2 The Emergence of a New Norm
3.3 Phases of Land Governance
3.4 The Transnational Land Norm in the Context of LSLA
3.5 Struggling for a Right to Land
3.6 National Governance in Struggles around Land
4 Approaching the Cases
4.1 The National Context of the Cases
4.2 The Trajectory of Mozambican Land Regulation
4.3 Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Mozambique Today
4.4 The Case of Wanbao
4.5 The Case of ProSavana
4.6 Research Design
4.6.1 Methodological Approach
4.6.2 Research Methods
4.6.3 Data Analysis
5 Comparative Analysis of Cases
5.1 Political Opportunity Structures
5.1.1 Political Opportunity Structures in Mozambique
5.1.2 Political Opportunity Structures in the Case of Wanbao
5.1.3 Political Opportunity Structures in the Case of ProSavana
5.1.4 Conclusion
5.2 Legal Opportunity Structures
5.2.1 Legal Opportunity Structures in Mozambique
5.2.2 Legal Opportunity Structures in the Case of Wanbao
5.2.3 Legal Opportunity Structures in the Case of ProSavana
5.2.4 Conclusion
5.3 Repertoires
5.3.1 Repertoires in Mozambique
5.3.2 Repertoires in the Case of Wanbao
5.3.3 Repertoires in the Case of ProSavana
5.3.4 Conclusion
6 Concluding Integrated Case Comparison
6.1 Interrelated Multilevel Governance and Opportunity Structures
6.2 Piercing the Fog: Repertoires and Multilevel Governance
6.3 Contributions
6.4 Outlook
7 References
Annex
Annex 1: Overview Multilevel Land Governance
Annex 2: Information for Participants & Consent Form
Annex 3: Overview Interviewees
Annex 4: Codes, Definition, Anchor Example, and Subcodes of Analysis
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.17185/duepublico/77358
ISBN: 978-3-946416-24-1
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:465-20230505-094517-9
 Degree: PhD

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Title: Studies on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. IMPRS-SPCE
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