Wealth-Based Trust and the Development of Collective Action

Jones, Eric C.

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.10.009

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“…The willingness of a Riverina export grower to undertake some QFly management activities on his neighbours' land if area-wide management eliminate the need for cold sterilisation confirms findings elsewhere. That is, wealthy members sometimes accept a disproportionate economic responsibility to ensure the success of collective action provided the benefit they gain from it justifies their actions (Jones 2004).…”

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Designing local institutions for cooperative pest management to underpin market access: the case of industry-driven fruit fly area-wide management

2016

International Journal of the Commons

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Area-wide management of mobile pests offers advantages over uncoordinated farm-by-farm efforts through increased effectiveness of pest control and by reducing the need for pesticides. The literature about area-wide pest management focuses predominantly on the technical aspects of these programs, but tends to neglect the importance of social and institutional aspects. In this article the eight design principles for robust common-pool resource institutions are applied to industry-driven area-wide pest management. Three case studies are compared to gain insight about the social and institutional aspects that affect the success of these undertakings. These cases are focused on Queensland Fruit Fly control to underpin market access. Growers face a particular challenge to gain support from town residents, as backyard fruit trees can be pest breeding spots. The paper illustrates that social aspects -such as heterogeneous incentives, social capital and the ratio between town residents and main beneficiary growers -influence the ease of which the design principles can be applied. Market access opportunities impact the ratio of cost and benefits to different participants. The paper concludes that disconnecting the technical aspects of successful programs from the social and institutional aspects in which they are embedded can create unrealistic expectations in socially different regions that intend to replicate these programs.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Designing local institutions for cooperative pest management to underpin market access: the case of industry-driven fruit fly area-wide management

2016

International Journal of the Commons

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“…Integration can take the form of inclusion in planning committees and local cooperatives, thus going beyond existing leadership to select representatives from the less-represented groups and individuals in resettlement communities. Leadership by less wealthy members is one way to maintain mutually beneficial collective action even when resource distribution may be numerically unequal (Jones 2004). Potentially adaptive innovations in culture and social practice, such as new production techniques and cooperation with outside groups or institutions, can be fostered by connecting labourers and agricultural producers to each other and to related economic and agricultural initiatives.…”

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confidence: 99%

Critical aspects of social networks in a resettlement setting

Faas¹,

Jones²,

Tobin³

et al. 2015

Development in Practice

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Abstract:Each year, more than 30 million people worldwide are displaced by disaster, development, and conflict. The sheer magnitude of displacement points to a need for wider application of social science theories and methodologies to the special problems posed by these crises. We are convinced that social network analysis of the structure and development of social relations can help to identify variables and patterns essential to maintaining or fostering social (re)articulation in resettlement. The research model we propose applies advances in network methodology to emerging theory on structural gaps in networks in the context of forced displacement and resettlement.Chaque année, plus de 30 millions de personnes de par le monde sont déplacées par des catastrophes, le développement et les conflits. L'ampleur même du déplacement indique la nécessité d'appliquer de façon plus large les théories et les méthodologies des sciences sociales aux problèmes spéciaux soulevés par ces crises. Nous avons la conviction qu'une analyse basée sur les réseaux sociaux de la structure et du développement des relations sociales peut contribuer à identifier des variables et des schémas essentiels pour maintenir ou favoriser une (ré)articulation sociale dans le contexte de la réinstallation. le modèle de recherche que nous proposons applique les progrès réalisés en méthodologie des réseaux aux théories émergentes sur les lacunes structurelles des réseaux, ce dans le contexte du déplacement et de la réinstallation forcés.Todos los años, a nivel mundial, más de 30 millones de personas son desplazadas como consecuencia de desastres, planes de desarrollo o conflictos. La enorme magnitud que tiene dicho desplazamiento da cuenta de la necesidad de aplicar más ampliamente las teorías y las metodologías propias de las ciencias sociales a los problemas idiosincráticos surgidos de estas crisis. Los autores sostienen que un análisis de la estructura y el desarrollo de las relaciones sociales realizado a partir de las redes sociales, puede ayudar a identificar variables y patrones esenciales con el objetivo de mantener o fomentar la (re)articulación social en los nuevos asentamientos de desplazados. En este sentido, los autores proponen un modelo de investigación que aplica los avances logrados en la metodología de redes a la teoría emergente sobre las lagunas estructurales que se detectan en las redes en contextos de desplazamiento involuntario y de reasentamiento.

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“…The studies that do emerge are often looking at higher tier organizations, such as cooperatives or agribusiness enterprises. For example, Jones (2004) shows how interpersonal trust and wealth heterogeneity among cooperative members were enabling conditions for the success of the cooperative, especially during the first stages of cooperative formation. Johnson, Suarez, and Lundy (2002) show how social capital, as expressed through business firm relationships, contributed positively to firm productivity and performance.…”

Section: Collective Action and Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collective Action Initiatives to Improve Marketing Performance: Lessons from Farmer Groups in Tanzania

Barham

Chitemi²

2008

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Wealth-Based Trust and the Development of Collective Action

Cited by 57 publications

References 35 publications

Designing local institutions for cooperative pest management to underpin market access: the case of industry-driven fruit fly area-wide management

Designing local institutions for cooperative pest management to underpin market access: the case of industry-driven fruit fly area-wide management

Critical aspects of social networks in a resettlement setting

Collective Action Initiatives to Improve Marketing Performance: Lessons from Farmer Groups in Tanzania

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