A study on community expectation for cooperative behaviour among locals and migrants: a case study of an Okinawan village, Japan

Despite the increasing need for local and migrant populations to cooperate in natural resource governance, little attention has been paid to community contexts that influence individual cooperative behavioural choices among them. The present study demonstrates this influence through quantitative and...

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Published in:Maritime studies 2022-03, Vol.21 (1), p.65-76
Main Authors: Sugimoto, Aoi, Sugino, Hiroaki, van Putten, Ingrid, Yagi, Nobuyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community involvement
Community participation
Cooperation
Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
Fluidity
Governance
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
Migrants
Natural resources
Qualitative analysis
Social behaviour
Social networks
Social organization
Social Sciences
Villages
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Summary:Despite the increasing need for local and migrant populations to cooperate in natural resource governance, little attention has been paid to community contexts that influence individual cooperative behavioural choices among them. The present study demonstrates this influence through quantitative and qualitative data obtained in Shiraho village, Okinawa, Japan. Externalised cooperative behaviour was significantly different between locals and migrants, and the residents’ location in the social network was related to the level of cooperation, even though they had similar individual cooperative preferences. We find that people with dense social ties participate in community cooperation more than others, and that residents practise their cooperative behaviour in a way that fits community expectations: which was influenced by age and birth origin. Understanding the social context that guides individual behaviour for natural resource governance in a time when residential fluidity may keep increasing has relevance to other communities.
ISSN:1872-7859
2212-9790
DOI:10.1007/s40152-021-00254-x