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Wann werden Konflikte manifest? Politische Opportunitätsstrukturen für Proteste gegen Goldbergbau in Burkina Faso

Under which conditions do conflicts over mining become manifest? Political opportunity structures in protests against gold mining in Burkina Faso
[journal article]

Engels, Bettina

Abstract

Der aktuelle Bergbau-Boom geht weltweit mit Konflikten um ökologische Fragen, die Verteilung der Gewinne und Steuern, Menschenrechte, Landnutzungskonkurrenzen und territoriale Ansprüche, kollektive Identitäten entlang von Kategorien wie Indigenität, Ethnizität und Nationalität, kulturelle Repräsenta... view more

Der aktuelle Bergbau-Boom geht weltweit mit Konflikten um ökologische Fragen, die Verteilung der Gewinne und Steuern, Menschenrechte, Landnutzungskonkurrenzen und territoriale Ansprüche, kollektive Identitäten entlang von Kategorien wie Indigenität, Ethnizität und Nationalität, kulturelle Repräsentation und Deutungshoheit in Entwicklungspolitik und diskursen einher. Der Artikel untersucht, unter welchen Bedingungen diese Konflikte, die dem Bergbau aufgrund seiner erheblichen sozialen und ökologischen Auswirkungen inhärent sind, manifest werden und eskalieren. Unter Rückgriff auf zwei Konzepte aus der contentious-politics-Forschung -politische Gelegenheitsstrukturen und Protestrepertoires- werden drei aktuelle Konflikte um den Goldbergbau in Burkina Faso analysiert, einem der Staaten in Subsahara-Afrika, in denen der extraktive Sektor gegenwärtig am schnellsten wächst. Ich stelle dar, welcher Protestrepertoires sich die jeweiligen Akteure bedienen und zeige, dass der Sturz des langjährigen Staatspräsidenten Blaise Compaoré Ende Oktober 2014 die zentrale Verschiebung in den politischen Gelegenheitsstrukturen darstellt, welche die Eskalation der Konflikte in allen drei Beispielen bedingte.... view less


All over the world, the recent boom in mining is accompanied by conflicts over the ecological impacts, distribution of rents and taxes, human rights, land use and territorial claims, collective identity related to indigeneity, ethnicity and citizenship, cultural representations, and the prerogative ... view more

All over the world, the recent boom in mining is accompanied by conflicts over the ecological impacts, distribution of rents and taxes, human rights, land use and territorial claims, collective identity related to indigeneity, ethnicity and citizenship, cultural representations, and the prerogative of interpretation regarding policies and discourses of development. This paper investigates under which conditions these conflicts, which are inherent to the mining sector because of its enormous social and ecological impacts, become manifest and escalate. Referring to two concepts from contentious politics research -political opportunity structures and repertoires of contention- three actual conflicts over gold mining in Burkina Faso are analysed. Burkina Faso is of the sub-Saharan countries where the extractive sector is quickly growing. The paper traces which repertoires of contention the respective actors use, and demonstrates that the overthrow of the long-standing President Blaise Compaoré in late October 2014 was the central political opportunity structure that, in all three cases, enabled the escalation of the local conflicts.... view less

Keywords
escalation; nationality; Burkina Faso; ecological consequences; land utilization; ethnicity; mining; distribution of profits; taxes; development policy; conflict; human rights; collective identity; profit; social effects

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Economic Sectors
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy

Document language
German

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
p. 297-318

Journal
PERIPHERIE - Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, 37 (2017) 2

Issue topic
Rassismus global

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/peripherie.v37i2.08

ISSN
2366-4185

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0


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