Social Capital and Peace-Building

Cox, Michaelene

doi:10.4324/9780203887837

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“…In particular, our research focuses on the Design Principles (DPs) that are necessary to enable resource users to transform the rules and reach desirable collective outcomes [5,18,19]. In this sense, it is well documented that: (i) small farming communities [20], (ii) with institutional arrangements [3,18] (iii), a certain level of trust [21], (iv), and social capital [22] can cope with uncertainties and resolve external disturbances to their system to a larger extent than communities lacking such qualities [23]. By extension, we could intuitively expect that the existence of conflict-resolution-mechanisms-one of the DPs proposed by Ostrom [24]-will enable groups to cope better with the conflicts emerging from uncertainties and act collectively to overcome the social dilemma.…”

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The Role of Common-Pool Resources’ Institutional Robustness in a Collective Action Dilemma under Environmental Variations

Dipierri

Zikos

2020

Sustainability

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Extreme environmental variations, as a phenomenon deriving from climate change, led to an exacerbated uncertainty on water availability and increased the likelihood of conflicts regarding water-dependent activities such as agriculture. In this paper, we investigate the role of conflict resolution mechanisms—one of Ostrom’s acclaimed Design Principles—when social-ecological systems are exposed to physical external disturbances. The theoretical propositions predict that social-ecological systems with conflict-resolution mechanisms will perform better than those without them. We tested this proposition through a framed field experiment that mimicked an irrigation system. This asymmetric setting exposed farmers to two (2) dilemmas: (i) how much to invest in the communal irrigation system’s maintenance and (ii) how much water to extract. The setting added a layer of complexity: water availability depended not only on the investment but also on the environmental variability. Our findings confirmed the theoretical proposition: groups with stronger ‘institutional robustness’ can cope with environmental variations better than those with weaker robustness. However, we also found that some groups, despite lacking conflict-resolution mechanisms, were also able to address environmental variations. We explored potential explanatory variables to these unexpected results. We found that subjects’ and groups’ attributes might address uncertainty and avert conflict. Thus, social-ecological systems’ capacity to respond to external disturbances, such as environmental variations, might not only be a question of Design Principles. Instead, it might also be strongly related to group members’ attributes and group dynamics. Our results pave the way for further research, hinting that some groups might be better equipped for mitigation measures, while others might be better equipped for adaptation measures.

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The Role of Common-Pool Resources’ Institutional Robustness in a Collective Action Dilemma under Environmental Variations

Dipierri

Zikos

2020

Sustainability

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“…A significant challenge for peacebuilding, therefore, is to foster economic development in rural areas. Consequently, peacebuilding processes involving rural communities undertaking collective action -as cooperation efforts to tackle problems impossible to solve individuallyare crucial (Cox, 2009;Ostrom, 2010;Vervisch, 2011). The role of Rural Producer Organizations -RPO is particularly stressed because these organizations constitute forms of long-term collective action and community-based development efforts that influence better horizontal market access and improve the livelihoods of rural communities post-war.…”

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Factors Influencing the Development of Rural Producer Organizations in Post-War Settings. The Case of Coffee Growers Associations in Southern Tolima, Colombia

Navarrete-Cruz

Birkenberg

Birner

2020

International Journal of the Commons

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“…Social capital is believed to foster peace, facilitate institutional and interpersonal trust and support, as well as safety and security, and may thus become an important resource in times of military conflict. But at the same time it can become a negative tool to facilitate development of the military conflict (Cox, 2008;Deng, 2010;Heinecken, 2015).…”

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“…Recent attention was brought towards the role of social relations and trust in peace building and conflict resolution (Cox, 2008). Social capital is believed to foster peace, facilitate institutional and interpersonal trust and support, as well as safety and security, and may thus become an important resource in times of military conflict.…”

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Social Capital Transformation, Voluntarily Services and Mental Health During Times of Military Conflict in Ukraine

Karhina¹,

Ghazinour²,

Ng³

et al. 2017

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Background: The effects of war as well as military conflict include long-term physical and psychological harm to children and adults. Social relations and trust play a role in peace building and conflict resolution. Social capital is believed to facilitate institutional and interpersonal trust as well as safety and security, and thus may become an important resource in times of military conflict.Objective: The aims of this study are to analyse how social capital may be transformed due to a military conflict in contemporary Ukraine and to explore the role of voluntarily services in this change. Further we aim to discuss the possible influence of social capital transformation on mental health in times of military conflict.Methods: A qualitative case study design was chosen to explore it. In-depth interviews were chosen as a method for data collection. Informant's selection criteria were: either to be involved in volunteering activities in the city of Khmelnitsky (which is the place of research) or to receive volunteering help. 18 interviews were conducted.Informants were reached by snowball sampling. Interviews are collected, transcribed, translated and analyzed using constructive Grounded Theory approach of Charmaz. Results:Our results show that social capital transforms during military conflict experiences. The changes happen both in cognitive and structural components since they are connected. The most important changes occur in bonding social capital, where new formation such as brotherhood, emerges and replaces previous bonding ties with family and friends. In addition, voluntarily acting actors (those who normally belong to bridging social capital) transform into relations with bonding entities. New forms of social capital are thus generated through the existence of voluntarily services, and these networks provide essential social support in times of military conflict. Perceived support softens negative emotional responses to traumatic events. In line with the stress-buffering model, our results support that the formation of new social capital in times of military conflict may protect against the negative mental health effects of these experiences.

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Social Capital and Peace-Building

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The Role of Common-Pool Resources’ Institutional Robustness in a Collective Action Dilemma under Environmental Variations

The Role of Common-Pool Resources’ Institutional Robustness in a Collective Action Dilemma under Environmental Variations

Factors Influencing the Development of Rural Producer Organizations in Post-War Settings. The Case of Coffee Growers Associations in Southern Tolima, Colombia

Social Capital Transformation, Voluntarily Services and Mental Health During Times of Military Conflict in Ukraine

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