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In the course of the global food price crisis that began in late 2007, in dozens of cities worldwide, particularly in the global South, large numbers of people have come out into the streets and protested in spontaneous 'food riots' marches and strikes against price increases of 50 per cent or even more for cereals, cooking oil and other staple goods. This article analyses the case of 'food riots' and struggles against the high cost of living in Burkina Faso, one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa that have experienced intense protests against high food prices since 2008. It is argued that protests against the high cost of living do not simply express despair of the hungry but are part of broader social struggles. Thus, they present at the same time part of specific struggles within the national context and resistance against the current global food regime. Adapted from the source document.

Der Beitrag untersucht den Nexus von Umwelt, Migration und Konflikt am Beispiel von Landrechtskonflikten im Westen der Elfenbeinküste. Es wird gezeigt, dass Ansätze aus der politischen Ökologie besser als neomalthusianische Argumente in der Lage sind, die dynamischen Wechselbeziehungen von Umwelt, Migration und Konflikt zu erklären. Daran anschließend werden theoretische und methodologische Ansatzpunkte für zukünftige Forschungen identifiziert, welche dazu beitragen können, Lücken in der bestehenden Literatur zu schließen. In einem ersten Schritt werden dazu bisherige Erkenntnisse aus dem Bereich Umwelt, Konflikt und Sicherheit zusammengefasst. Anschließend an Arbeiten aus der politischen Ökologie und die These der ungleichen Verteilung von Vulnerabilität werden Ansatzpunkte für die empirische Analyse identifiziert. (ICE2)

"Preface and Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "Notes on the Contributors" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "Contested Extractivism, Society and the State: An Introduction" -- "Contentious Politics, Spatial Dimensions and the Political Ecology of Extractivism" -- "The Relationship Between Society and State, State Spaces and Democracy" -- "About the Book" -- "References" -- "Reimagining Extractivism: Insights from Spatial Theory" -- "Introduction" -- "What Is Extractivism?" -- "Theorising the Spatiality of Extractivism" -- "Pathways Towards Re-spatialising Extractivism" -- "The Production of Extractive Spaces" -- "Heterotopic Extractivism" -- "Local States/Spaces of Exception" -- " Conclusions" -- "References" -- "Beyond Curse and Blessing: Rentier Society in Venezuela" -- "Introduction" -- "Natural Resources, Rents and Development: An Overview of Scholarly Debates" -- "Shortcomings of the Current Rentier and Resource Curse Debate" -- "Beyond Curse and Blessing: Analytical Starting Points for a Deeper Understanding of Rentier Societies" -- "A Crucial Case Study: Venezuela's Rentier Society" -- "The Distribution of Rent Income in Venezuela" -- "Reclaiming the Rent: Oil and Venezuelan Society" -- " Conclusions" -- "References" -- "Ghana – Big Man, Big Envelope, Finish: Chinese Corporate Exploitation in Small-Scale Mining" -- "Introduction" -- "Context: Gold Mining in Ghana" -- "Shaanxi Mining (Ghana) Limited and Resource Conflict" -- "'Police Arrests (sic.) Assembly Member and 11 Others for Rioting' " -- "Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Upper East and the Arrival of SMGHL" -- "Resistance and Conflict" -- "State Response" -- "Outcomes of Resource Conflict" -- "Corporate Theft?" -- "State Collusion" -- "Opposition Failure" -- "Local Community Fractured".

This book empirically discusses recent struggles over land and mining, exploring state-society relations conflicts on various scales. In contrast with the existing literature, analyses in this volume deliberately focus on large-scale land use changes both in relation to the expansion of industrial mining and to agro-industry. The authors contend that there are significant parallels between contestations over different variants of resource extractivism, as they reflect the same global trends and processes. Chapters draw on critical theoretical approaches from political ecology, political economy, spatial theory, contentious politics, and the study of democracy. The authors not only provide empirical insights on actual resource struggles from different world regions based on in-depth field research, but also contribute to theory-building by linking concepts from various critical approaches to one another, developing a perspective for analysing struggles over resources related to current global crisis phenomena.