Community Cohesion : Social and Economic Ties in the Personal Networks of Fisherfolk (CROSBI ID 247957)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Nunan, Fiona ; Cepić, Dražen ; Mbilingi, Bwambale ; Odongkara, Konstantine ; Yongo, Ernest ; Owili, Monica ; Salehe, Mwanahamis ; Mlahagwa, Elizabeth ; Onyango, Paul
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Community Cohesion : Social and Economic Ties in the Personal Networks of Fisherfolk
Social ties influence access to knowledge and cooperation in natural resource management, with the sharing of certain characteristics thought to be positive for social cohesion and participatory forms of management. In this article, a holistic characterisation of fisherfolk personal networks is developed, disaggregating results by the main occupational groups within the fisheries studied, to provide a more nuanced understanding of the personal networks of types of fisherfolk. Links are then made between the characteristics of personal networks and evidence on how fisherfolk benefit from their networks, interpreted as contributing to social cohesion within the communities. The personal networks of fisherfolk (boat crew, boat owners and traders/processors) of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda bordering Lake Victoria were investigated using personal network analysis, with fisherfolk asked who they discuss their fisheries activities with. The analysis found that networks based on the same occupation were more characteristic of fish traders/processors networks than those of boat crew and boat owners and that shared ethnicity, gender and location were characteristic of boat owner and boat crew networks, though shared ethnicity may reflect the composition of the communities rather than choice. Social and economic interactions within the networks were based on provision of credit, social support and advice, suggesting that these form the basis of social cohesion and should be taken into consideration in working with fishing communities in both development interventions and designing collaborative management approaches.
Community cohesion ; fisheries ; Lake Victoria ; personal networks
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Podaci o izdanju
31 (3)
2018.
306-319
objavljeno
0894-1920
1521-0723
10.1080/08941920.2017.1383547
Povezanost rada
Poljoprivreda (agronomija), Sociologija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti