1 Research Objective
The need for conflict resolution in the land use conflict between concessions companies and community members of the Nimba County in Liberia cannot be over emphasized since the sustainability of most economies is predicated on the availability of natural resource of that country. Concessions companies are established to accomplish their set objectives which includes profit making and for these objectives to be attained stability and peaceful atmosphere must play a significant role. It is important to know that due to the present competition amongst investors around the globe there is the need for these concession companies to adapt the culture of consulting community stakeholders when it comes to dealings with their
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The third chapter presents the methodology that focuses on land use conflict by concessions companies and its impacts on the community stakeholders and the Nimba community as a whole and examines its statistical properties, including parameter constancy. Chapter four provides analysis of empirical results and discussion.
Finally the fifth chapter is the conclusion. It also presents point for future research topics and makes recommendations which can be useful in enhancing a peaceful coexistence between concessions companies and community members in Nimba county and Liberia as a whole.
1.2.3 Personal Interviews
Qualitative research employs a variety of techniques to explore and interpret the way in which a social actor experience or perceive the world and make meaning of the experience. According to (Sander et al 2007), in an exploratory study (like this), semi-structured interview is helpful in finding out what is happening in order to seek out new insight, hence its adoption.
Interviews attempt to understand the world from the subjectivist’s point of view, to unfold the meaning of people’s experience, expectation and actions. Interviews therefore provide deep meaningful data that reveal each individual’s perspective. Semi-structured interviews allow the researcher to access another person’s opinion and discover
The method I chose for this analysis is in-depth interview. This ethnographic method will be best because it allows me to understand an
Arroll and Howard (2012) and Ashbring (2000) both utilize qualitative methods. According to Breakwell, Smith and Wright (2012) researchers using semi-structures interviews using their questions as a guide for the interview process. Arroll and Howards (2012) use of semi-structured interview fits well with Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) due to its flexible method of collecting data as suggested by Breakwell et al (2012). Dickson, Knussen and Flowers (2007) sum up IPA as having a focus on the links
Skyman et al. (2010) used the qualitative research approach in which interview technique has been used to obtain the individual
Whereas a structured interview follows a standardised format, in an unstructured interview the interviewer has complete freedom to vary the interview. Supporters argue that this brings a number of important advantages. Such as, rapport and sensitivity, the interviewee's views are clearer, the ability to check understanding, flexibility and the ability for the interviewer to explore unfamiliar topics. However, there are multiple disadvantages to using unstructured interviews in sociological research. Such as, practical problems, which include, time and sample size, training, and interpersonal skills, there are also issues with representativeness, reliability, quantification and validity.
By the same token, the movie “Big Men” reveals the deprave business practices in Nigeria and Ghana, labeling Nigeria one of the most corrupt governments in the world. Between 1960 and 1999, the Nigerian government wasted over 440 billion dollars of Nigerian profit, mainly from oil wealth. Despite the majority of the oil being drawn from the Niger Delta, a very impoverished region, the natives of that region have no access to this abundant, valuable resource (00:25). Militant groups began to form in opposition to the oil corporations, intentionally cutting and sabotaging pipelines to get a part of the wealth. In addition to being selfish in their profits, businesses promoted the devastation and intentional deterioration of resident towns to distract from their unjust oil bunkering endeavors (01:05). Natives, specifically those who participate in oil pipe sabotaging, describe their situations as the equivalent of “shooting themselves in the foot”, as they hate that they are destroying their towns and worsening their circumstances, but see no other option for retribution. Fires
With the improvement of private property possession, land has turned into a noteworthy territory of business. Inside every field, a business may have practical experience in a specific sort of land. Experts are regularly approached to valuate land and
The proposed methodology is a primary qualitative approach of semi-structured interviews. This method has been chosen as the focus of this
The interview is one of the major sources of data collection, and it is also one of the most difficult ones to get right. In qualitative research the interview is a form of discourse. According to Mischler (1986) its particular features reflect the distinctive structure and aims of interviewing, namely, that it is discourse
In-depth interviews are useful when you want detailed information about a person’s thoughts and behaviours or when you want to explore new issues in depth. They are can also be used to provide context to build up on other data, offering a more solid base on the topic.
Data collection for this qualitative case study will be through semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews provide meaning and understanding of the participants by preparing questions before the interview sessions begin (Petty et al., 2012). Semi-structured interviews will allow me to ask probing questions, as needed, and to make informed decisions about the participants in the study. Interviews will be facilitated in the office. All interview questions will be open-ended, and will take about 30-45 minutes to answer. Personal feelings and opinions will be omitted.
While the region is the nerve center for the oil industry, approximately 69 percent of the residents lives in an abject poverty and squalor. How can logic explain a highly productive region becoming a theater to acute economic deprivation? To answer the question, there is a need to understand how oil corporations conduct business in the area. One must appreciate the intricate relationship among the federal government, the oil corporations and the Niger Deltans.
This research work sought to examine the effect of violent conflict and the challenge of food security in the North Eastern region of Nigeria as well as its effects on other part of the country and neighbouring countries. Emphasis was placed on analysing the relationship between violence and agricultural productivity and investments in the region using contextual analysis based on both primary and secondary data. The theoretical perspective that was adopted is the frustration aggression theory which states that people will always resort to violence/aggression whenever they are excessively frustrated. This theory was therefore employed to understand causes of the problem of violent conflict in the North East. It was established that violent conflict has caused a lot of problems for the people living in that region most especially with regards tofood security since most of the inhabitants of this region are subsistence farmers and since they have been displaced, cannot cultivate their farms to feed themselves. The study recommends that government should tackle the root cause of violent conflict and strengthen the fight against insurgency in order to bring lasting peace to the region. The study also suggested that the economy should be highly
The Niger delta region has a population of 28 million people, a coverage of 70,000 square kilometers consisting of 606 fields, 5,284 wells, 7,000 kilometers of pipelines, 10 export terminals, 275 flow stations and a liquefied natural gas sector (Williams 2011). The Niger delta which is Nigeria’s oil belt has been embroiled in conflict and resistance against the government and multinational oil corporations that extract oil in the region. The Niger delta is highly volatile with insurgent groups controlling the area. Years of oil exploitation, environmental degradation and neglecting by the states has created an impoverished, marginalized and exploited region which has produced resistance form the youth in the Niger delta region. A regime of state repression and corporate violence has further generated popular criminal violence, lawlessness, illegal appropriations and insecurity (Williams 2011).
The need for conflict resolution in the land use conflict between concessions companies and community members of the Nimba County in Liberia cannot be over emphasized since the sustainability of most economies is predicated on the availability of natural resource of that country. Concessions companies are established to accomplish their set objectives which includes profit making and for these objectives to be attained stability and peaceful atmosphere must play a significant role. It is important to know that due to the present competition amongst investors around the globe there is the need for these concession companies to adapt the culture of consulting community stakeholders when it comes to dealings with their lands. The research will target the following Stakeholders such as youth, women groups, elders, chiefs, civil society organizations and local government officials in the Nimba Country region.
The Niger Delta region, Nigeria 's oil belt has been the site of a generalized ethnic and regional struggle for self-determination since 1998, the location of often-violent confrontations between local ethnic communities and agents of the Nigerian state and oil companies involved in the extraction and exploitation of oil in the area. What began as community agitation has undoubtedly undergone several transformations. The first involved the flowering of civil society, which mobilized a popular civil struggle. The second saw the extension of the agitation from that against multinational oil companies (MNCs) to