ABSTRACT

This article explores the nexus between old and new commons, anti-politics, and Corporate Social Responsibility measures in the context of on-going land grabbing. Detailed case studies in Ghana, Malawi, Morocco, and Tanzania show that powerful discourses of development, women's empowerment, and wasteland productivity increase serve as anti-politics machines that hide the fact that winners are few and losers many. Despite differential bargaining power mediated by class, age, lineage, or gender, some actors manage to take advantage of the situation: contrary to the often used tragedy metaphor, we argue that we are faced with an open-ended ‘drama of the commons’ which is still unfolding.

摘要

本文探讨了在持续征地的背景下新旧公地、反政治和企业社会责任措施之间的关系。在加纳、马拉维、摩洛哥和坦桑尼亚进行的详细案例研究表明，关于发展、妇女赋权和荒地生产力提高的有力话语充当了反政治机器，掩盖了赢家少而输家多的事实。尽管因阶级、年龄、血统或性别而存在不同的讨价还价能力，但一些演员还是设法利用了这种情况：与常用的悲剧比喻相反，我们认为我们面临的是一场开放式的“公地戏剧”这仍在展开。