%0 Journal Article
%T The Integrated Space of Conflict Management
%A Cl¨¦ment Gb¨ºhi
%J Advances in Applied Sociology
%P 644-658
%@ 2165-4336
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aasoci.2021.1112054
%X The aim of this article is to examine how conflict management serves to
further demand-oriented services. Two observations articulate the reflexions:
the reduction of the participation of the State in national economies, and the
public support for subsidizing the agricultural sector, and the promotion of
demand-oriented approach. As demand-oriented approach involved multiple actors
with differences in cultural norms and problem perceptions, conflict management
is an integrated space. This article then argue</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> that conflict management involves joint exploration
and situation analysis, formulating and achieving action-plans, transferring
the collective learning process, and creating context of re-negotiation. The
methods on data collection and analysis included semi-structured interviews
with key stakeholders and participant observations. The interviews were
supplemented with one hundred and eighty individual surveys conducted in a
dozen villages. The results prove that demand articulation is comparable to
integrated space catalysing conflict management as stakeholders involved have
differences in expectations and interests. These inevitably mean that farmers¡¯
demands are diverse. As consequence, some negotiations w</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">ere</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> made between the
competing expectations and demands. The article slights the term ¡°joint
construction of demands¡± to account for the agreements and disagreements that
shape, in part, what is feasible in a given context.
%K Meeting Farmers¡¯ Demands
%K Integrated Space
%K Conflict Management
%K Knowledge-Based Services
%K Benin
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=114139