Urban Protest in Burkina Faso

Harsch, Ernest

doi:10.1093/afraf/adp018

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“…But the government released public foodstocks and cut gasoline prices (AFP 2008a;Schneider 2008). In Burkina Faso, years of urban clashes over local government had created experienced networks of protesters for the food politics of 2008 (Harsch 2009). Rioters attacked government offices, officials' homes, shops and petrol stations in disgust at the government's empty measures to stem rising prices.…”

Section: Food Riots and The Politics Of Provisions In Sub-saharan Africamentioning

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Food riots and the politics of provisions from early modern Europe and China to the food crisis of 2008

Bohstedt¹

2016

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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Food riots and the politics of provisions from early modern Europe and China to the food crisis of 2008

Bohstedt¹

2016

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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“…The 'Collectif' was formed in early 1999 by trade unions, human rights and student organisations, opposition parties, and women and lawyers' groups following the death of journalist Norbert Zongo, who was killed in December 1998 after criticising the government and the family of President Blaise Compaoré (Frère, 2010;Harsch, 2009;Hilgers, 2010). In contrast to the 'Collectif', which is led by the Mouvement burkinabè des droits de l'homme et des peuples (MBDHP, Burkinabe movement for human rights) and continues to exist and has a certain personnel overlap with the CCVC, the CCVC is led by the trade unions.…”

Section: Protests Against the High Cost Of Living In Burkina Fasomentioning

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Contentious Politics of Scale: The Global Food Price Crisis and Local Protest in Burkina Faso

Engels

2014

Social Movement Studies

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Global crises such as the financial crisis, the energy crisis and the food crisis have, without doubt, social, political and ecological repercussions on the local scale. This article explores the mechanisms that mediate global crises into local conflicts. Based on empirical insights, it aims to contribute to the study of how global structures and processes relate to local conflicts and protest. The study analyses conflicts over the high cost of living in Burkina Faso, where intense protests related to the global food crises have occurred. Scale and framing are used as the central analytical concepts. The location of a problem (such as high consumer food prices) on a particular scale (local, national or global) is a politically contested issue. Referring to the conceptual differentiation between 'scales of regulation' and 'scales of meaning', the article argues that scalar ascriptions and discourses as such are already integral parts of political conflicts and protest.

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“…In den frühen 1990er Jahren kam es zu umfangreichen Protesten dagegen unter der Federführung von Gewerkschaften und Studierendenorganisationen (Walton/Seddon 1994: 156-158 (Maccatory et al . 2010;Harsch 2009 Seit der Gründung der IV . Republik sind die sozialen Kämpfe in Burkina Faso durch zwei Entwicklungen gekennzeichnet: die Fokussierung auf politische Rechte in den späten 1990er und frühen 2000er Jahren sowie die Tatsache, dass sich den Kämpfen der Gewerkschaften, Menschenrechtsbewegung, Schüler_innen-und Studierendenorganisationen in den 2000er Jahren zumindest punktuell auch Menschen anschlossen, die bisher selten daran beteiligt waren -unorganisierte Jugendliche in den Städten und kleine Händler_innen, Polizeiangehörige in der Ausbildung, Richter, Personal des Außenministeriums (Harsch 2009: 275) .…”

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Hungeraufstände und Kämpfe gegen hohe Preise

Engels¹

2013

PROKLA

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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.

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Urban Protest in Burkina Faso

Cited by 45 publications

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Food riots and the politics of provisions from early modern Europe and China to the food crisis of 2008

Food riots and the politics of provisions from early modern Europe and China to the food crisis of 2008

Contentious Politics of Scale: The Global Food Price Crisis and Local Protest in Burkina Faso

Hungeraufstände und Kämpfe gegen hohe Preise

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