Commons Management in Migrant Communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12960289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Godfreyb Ssekajja (0000-0001-6566-6290, Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 132-153 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Commons (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-0281 • E-ISSN: 1875-0281 |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5334/ijc.1079 |
| OpenAlex | W3163763457 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article examines whether (and why) migrant communities are less likely to support institutions for managing common pool resources. Focusing on Buvuma Island, which is situated in Uganda’s portion of Lake Victoria, I study the efforts at locally supporting forestry regulations among randomly selected communities. These communities have varying proportions of both immigrants and prospective out-migrants, and they are confronting the degradation of adjacent forest reserves. The evidence from survey data on 293 randomly selected heads of households suggests that migrant communities are less likely to support common pool resource institutions. The same evidence suggests that the lower likelihood of support among migrant communities has more to do with their weaker relationships (of reputation, trust, and reciprocity) than their expectations about the institutional net-benefits
Business · Common-pool resource · Commons · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Reputation · Reputation management · Resource (disambiguation · Situated · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
The livelihoods approach and management of small-scale fisheries
The management of common property resources
Delinking Land Rights from Land Use
The commons and development
The Meaning of Social Capital and its Link to Collective Action
Analyzing collective action
What Makes Community Forest Management Successful
Social Capital and the Environment
Who Talks with Whom? The Role of Repeated Interactions in Decentralized Forest Governance
Common Property Institutions and Sustainable Governance of Resources
The Effects of Migration on Collective Action in the Commons
Agricultural expansion and deforestation
Common Property Systems, Migration, and Coastal Ecosystems
Common Property Systems, Migration, and Coastal Ecosystems
The Development of Property Rights on Frontiers
Culture and Fairness in the Development of Institutions in the California Gold Fields
Order without law? Property rights during the California gold rush
Mobility and fisherfolk livelihoods on Lake Victoria
Immigration, ethnic diversity and public goods provisioning
Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms
How do Local Institutions Mediate Market and Population Pressures on Resources? Forest Panchayats in Kumaon, India
How Does Out-Migration Affect Community Institutions? A Study of Two Indigenous Municipalities in Oaxaca, Mexico
| Citations per year | 1.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |