scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis of the Social and Ecological Outcomes of State Subsidies for Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study from Chile

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolin I. Mondaca-Schachermayer ◽  
Jaime Aburto ◽  
Georgina Cundill ◽  
Domingo Lancellotti ◽  
Carlos Tapia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Subsidies

scholarly journals A Social Network-Based Examination on Bid Riggers’ Relationships in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of China

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Liang Xiao ◽  
Kunhui Ye ◽  
Junhong Zhou ◽  
Xiaoting Ye ◽  
Ramadhani Said Tekka
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Market Shares ◽  
The Social ◽  
Network Method ◽  
Solid Foundation

Collusive bidding has been an insidious issue in the construction industry. Bidders initiate collusive networks of various sizes to win market shares. The popularity of collusive bidding networks affects market fairness and erodes the interests of market players. Although considerable research efforts were made to diagnose collusive bidding networks, there remains a gap in knowledge regarding the relationships bid riggers use to engage in the networks. Therefore, this study used the social network method, where two hundred sixteen collusion cases were collected from China to test these relationships. The results show that collusive bidding networks were characterized by sparseness, a small scale, a high concentration, and strong randomness. Three types of collusive bidding networks were also detected: contractual, spontaneous, and shadow. Furthermore, these collusive bidding networks had discrepancies regarding participants’ identities, forms of collusive bids, and the determination of bid winners. It was found that the proposed social network model of deliberating bid riggers’ relationships lays a solid foundation for the detection of collusive bidding in the construction sector.

scholarly journals Transnational Localism: Empowerment through Standard Setting in Small-Scale Fisheries

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerneja Penca
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
Transnational Law ◽  
Marine Stewardship Council ◽  
Technical Rules

AbstractIn order to advance both the mapping and theorizing of transnational law, this article considers a range of tactics used by small-scale fisheries (SSFs) in Europe and North America to improve market access, political influence, and legal recognition. Transnational law enables the framing of initiatives not only as implementation practices that occur as a result of international law, but also as transnational regulation in support of SSFs. The article uses the case study of SSFs to draw attention to the rise of ‘transnational localism’. This is defined as the reinforcement of local-specific approaches (reflecting local ecologies, values, and socio-economic specificities) within a transnational structure that provides support and recognition. It offers an alternative to the view that globalization necessitates global, uniform regulatory solutions. Transnational localism challenges the fascination with large certification schemes such as that administered by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in fisheries governance. It implies a need to reconcile transnational challenges with heterogeneous values and community approaches. To capture the simultaneous demand for the local and transnational within transnational law, this article proposes treating the described empowerment tactics within the scope of transnational standards. This requires a rethinking of standards away from fixed technical rules that are uniformly applicable across the globe.

Revitalising the self-sufficient household economy: the Social Land Programme in Hungary

2019 ◽  
pp. 165-178
Author(s):  
Judit Csoba ◽  
Flórián Sipos
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social And Physical Environment

The authors introduce the Social Land Programmes, Hungary. Social Land Programmes aim to strengthen self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on social aid by helping people with no financial means to engage with small-scale agriculture. The case study investigated eight rural communities participating in a Social Land Programme. Innovative features include bottom up organisation designed and carried out locally (in contrast to top-down public employment programmes in Hungary). For local leaders, producing food and improving living standard are its main points. They also see various other benefits that include improving the social and physical environment and passing on positive role models within the family. However, they consider national goals of increased employment and self-sustainability to be over optimistic.

scholarly journals Enhancing Social Resilience of the Coastal Fishing Communities: A Case Study of Hilsa (Tenualosa Ilisha H.) Fishery in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mozumder ◽  
Md. Wahab ◽  
Simo Sarkki ◽  
Petra Schneider ◽  
Mohammad Islam
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Distribution Of Power

Social resilience is an essential aspect of sustainability in environmental management, especially in poor resource-dependent communities. To better understand the dynamics of social resilience, we have conducted a primarily qualitative study of communities dependent on hilsa fishing in two coastal villages in southern Bangladesh. This study applies concepts of social-ecological system (SES), social resilience and co-management in outlining our qualitative data and framing its interpretation. Our findings show that while the establishment of hilsa sanctuary areas has enhanced the previously low ecological sustainability of local small-scale fishing, the management of this program has challenged the social resilience of hilsa fishers by creating new inequalities in the distribution of power and privilege, in terms of the ways in which seasonal fishing bans are enforced and compensation for income loss during the ban periods is distributed. Based on our findings, we suggest specific measures for strengthening social resilience at the local level, including building community networks, developing community infrastructures, updating existing rules and regulations, providing alternative means of generating income for fishers during the crisis periods (e.g. natural disasters and fishing ban periods) and more active sharing of responsibility between stakeholders and government for management of the hilsa fishery. These findings are also applicable to understanding the issues beyond rules and regulations that co-management arrangements need to address in order to be successful and to enhancing the function of co-management arrangements in improving social resilience within resource-dependent communities.

MPA as management tools for small-scale fisheries: The case study of Arrábida Marine Protected Area (Portugal)

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa I. Batista ◽  
Filipa Baeta ◽  
Maria J. Costa ◽  
Henrique N. Cabral
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries

scholarly journals Europe Says OXI: “Online Camaraderie” and European Crisis

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donya Alinejad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
The Social ◽  
Felt Sense ◽  
Moral Frameworks ◽  
Movement Participation

This paper presents a small-scale case study of the Facebook page, Europe Says OXI, and a group of political activists spread across European cities who are affiliated with the page. It focuses on how digital communications practices play a role in social movement participation, and follows these young people’s practices and stories as they move between different forms of mediated communication. This shows how activists use social media to apply mobilization frames that align with their shared ideological tenets, display emergent forms of leadership, and negotiate the use of media within moral frameworks. The argument complicates theories of connective identity and connective action, which some scholars discuss as a new mode of practice produced through the uptake of social media within contemporary social movements. It challenges the idea that these new modes are replacing older notions of collective identity by being personalized, leaderless, and eschewing ideology. Moving beyond seeing collective and connective in opposition, the paper attempts to build a concept around the emic term, ‘online camaraderie’, taking it as a felt sense of shared connection to the movement, its events, places, and its other participants. It suggests that understanding how a sense of camaraderie is mediation requires further theoretical and methodological reflection on how to trace the traversal of the affective relationships that the social movement relies on across various means of communication.  

scholarly journals SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF SEAGRASS AND SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES CONNECTIVITY IN MALANG RAPAT AND BERAKIT VILLAGES, BINTAN DISTRICT, RIAU ISLANDS

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nur Arkham ◽  
Luky Adrianto ◽  
Yusli Wardiatno
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
Fish Resources ◽  
Ecosystem Connectivity ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Seagrass Ecosystem ◽  
The Social

Seagrass ecosystem has important roles in ecological and social factors to support fisherman income. The purpose of this research was to map the social-ecological system connectivity of seagrass with small-scale fisheries with networks perspective, to identify social-ecological connectivity of seagrass with fisheries resource availability approaches in small-scale fisheries, and to estimate the benefits of fish resources relation to seagrass ecosystem in Malang Rapat and Berakit vilages. Social-ecological system connectivity of seagrass was proven by the spatial distribution of fishing areas, networks map markets, and dynamics of small-scale fisheries catches in the study site. Social-ecocoligal connectivity of seagrass was also proven by fish catches dominated by Siganidae, Scaridae, Lethrinidae, and Lutjanidae families. The fishermen income was supported by seagrass ecosystem connectivity which contributed revenue from fish catches totally Rp 202,124,00/day in Malang Rapat village and Rp. 193,151,00/day  in Berakit village. Other benefit of seagrass ecosystem located nearby the beach was that the fishermen can have an easy access or less fuel for fishing operation.Keywords: seagrass ecosystem, network map, connectivity, small-scale fisheries, social-ecological system, Riau islands

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