Alcohol consumption and conflicts in developing countries: A qualitative and a quantitative research concerning Christian consumers in Burkina Faso

Abstract

The interest of researchers on consumption and conflicts is explained by the fact that consumption behavior leads to conflicts. Most of the studies on the topic are done in other contexts, and little research on the subject has been conducted in the context of Burkina Faso. This research aims to explore the concepts of alcohol consumption and conflicts in Burkina Faso, and underline the role of culture in management. Burkina Faso is a country where religion has an important place. In this religious environment, ignorance and the lack of innovation in the alcohol production sector are barriers towards qualitative products and ethical consumption. The research is a mixed approach. Thus, qualitative data is collected by the means of some semi-structured interviews and the quantitative data is collected by the means of a paper questionnaire. The qualitative data is analyzed with the qualitative version of sphinx IQ. The quantitative data is also analyzed using the quantitative version of Sphinx IQ. The results show a strong relationship between alcohol consumption and conflicts. It also appears that conflicts also affect alcohol consumption.

Managing Negative Alcohol-Related Concerns: A Quantitative Research Concerning Consumers From Both Abrahamic and Endogenous Religious Faith

“…In addition, some researchers, such as Testa et al ( 2014), Dery and Diedong (2014) notify alcohol consumption and violent actions on women. For further, some researchers such as Nassè (2019) and Nassè (2020) in the context of Burkina Faso show that alcohol consumption is a source of household conflictual situations that are multidimensional. Shiva, Shukla, and Chandra (2021) demonstrate that alcohol use is associated with gender-based violence that has its remote factors in relationship issues.…”

“…Alcohol Consumption and Religious Conflicts Some previous studies have shown the relationships between alcohol consumption and religious conflicts (Nassè, 2019;Nassè, Ouédraogo & Diop, 2016) in the specific context of Burkina Faso. Nassè (2019) has demonstrated that alcohol abuse favors conflictual situations among Christian consumers and their environment; whereas Nasse et al (2016) shows that, some specific social conflicts are related to the proximity of alcohol beverages' point of sales with some religious worship places (Churches or Mosques). Nevertheless, the present research shows the relationship between alcohol consumption and religious conflicts in the context of Wa, involving Christians, Muslims and Animists.…”

“…The concept of conflict as approached by Nassè et al (2016) depicts the social violence aspect of conflict and that is why recommendations have drawn the attention of political authorities and managers to help prevent these conflicts. Nassè (2019) portrays conflicts in the household environment what entails the manifestation of physical violence or verbal violence in family context. Nassè also describes conflicts as a street phenomenon with the observation of physical violence or verbal violence in streets.…”

“…Alcohol Consumption and Street Conflicts Several researchers have shown the relationships between alcohol consumption and street conflicts (Nassè, 2019;Benyera, 2017) in other contexts. While Nassè (2019) shows that street conflicts are related to acohol abuse, and that they are often verbal and supplemented with physical violence.…”

“…Alcohol Consumption and Street Conflicts Several researchers have shown the relationships between alcohol consumption and street conflicts (Nassè, 2019;Benyera, 2017) in other contexts. While Nassè (2019) shows that street conflicts are related to acohol abuse, and that they are often verbal and supplemented with physical violence. For Benyera (2017), alcohol abuse is the source gender based conflictual situations characterized by household violence and child abuse in the context of Zimbabwe.…”