The change in predator policy from state-supported persecution to state-supported protection has created conflicts in several countries. The Norwegian case is in this article analysed by means of Gregory Bateson's schismogenesis concepts: The antagonism between the protectionist and the sheep farmer fronts is maintained and reinforced by stimuli generated through the competition for leadership within each of these fronts. Schismogenesis implies that potentially viable compromises are kept off the political agenda.
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