The church, transnational land deals and empowering local communities in northern Ghana: a Christian socio-ethical perspective

Imagine having a property that your family has been building for generations. One day, a foreign company submits documents and demands ownership of the land. What should the village community do about it? In Ghana, land has increasingly become an object of trade as a result of new growing, agricultu...

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Published in:Gesellschaft - Ethik - Religion
Main Author: Dassah, Emmanuel Zumabakuro 1976- (Author)
Corporate Author: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Degree granting institution)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Paderborn Ferdinand Schöningh [2018]
In: Gesellschaft - Ethik - Religion (Band 13)
Series/Journal:Gesellschaft - Ethik - Religion Band 13
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ghana (Nord) / Land grabbing / Land use / Biomass energy / Agrarian politics / Governance / Sustainable development / Catholic social teaching
B Ghana (Nord) / Globalization (Motif) / Christian ethics / Empowerment
Further subjects:B Participation
B Governance tribaler Bevölkerungen / Rechte indigener Customary law Politische Partizipation Empowerment Land grabbing Catholic church Ethische Grundsätze Role / Meaning Biomass energy Biomass energy
B Poverty
B Biomass energy
B Rechenschaftspflicht
B Ghana Land policy Land tenure Agricultural reforms Land use Expropriation From a Christian point of view
B Governance Rights of indigenous / tribal populations Customary law Political participation Empowerment Land grabbing Catholic Church Ethical principles Importance / role Bioenergy Biofuel
B Ghana
B Ghana Northern (Ghana) Land use policy Grundbesitz Land reform Land use Expropriation Aus christlicher Sicht
B Thesis
B Sustainable development
B Christian social ethics
B Land Governance
B Development policy
B Inequality
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Imagine having a property that your family has been building for generations. One day, a foreign company submits documents and demands ownership of the land. What should the village community do about it? In Ghana, land has increasingly become an object of trade as a result of new growing, agriculture-based value chains for global biofuel markets. The ethical choices we make about land and its use are at the core of this book. It investigates the challenges of land acquisition for biofuels production exploring the concept of empowerment and Christian ethics within the socio-political power settings of the people of Northern Ghana. It thus considers the historical, theological, ethical and sociological foundations of the Ghanaian land issue.
ISBN:3657788417