Local capitalisms and sustainability in coastal fisheries: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Barclay, K; Kinch, J

Local capitalisms and sustainability in coastal fisheries: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Barclay, K

Kinch, J

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Citation:: 2013, 33 pp. 107 - 138
Issue Date:: 2013-11-07

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dc.contributor.author	Barclay, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-0965	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kinch, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-11-07	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2013, 33 pp. 107 - 138	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781781905418	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27756
dc.description.abstract	Purpose: To critically assess engagements with capitalism in coastal fisheries development, considering their success or otherwise for coastal villagers. Approach: Using field research and written reports of projects and the concept of "social embeddedness" we analyze two fisheries development projects as local instances of capitalism. Findings: Coastal peoples in the Pacific have been selling marine products for cash since the earliest days of contact with both Europeans and Asians. Since the 1970s, there have also been fisheries development projects. Both types of engagement with capitalism have had problems with commercial viability and ecological sustainability. One way to understand these issues is to view global capitalist markets as penetrating into localities through the lens of local cultures. We find, however, that local cultures are only one factor among several needed to explain the outcomes of these instances of capitalism. Other explanations include nature, national political and economic contexts, and transnational development assistance frameworks. The defining features of "local capitalisms" thus arise from configurations of human and nonhuman, local and outside influences. Social implications: Development project design should account for local conditions including: (1) village-based socioeconomic approaches, (2) national political economic contexts, (3) frameworks that donors bring to projects, and (4) (in)effective resource management. Originality/value of paper: The chapter builds on the experience of the authors over 15 years across multiple projects. The analysis provides a framework for understanding problems people have encountered in trying to get what they want from capitalism, and is applicable outside the fisheries sector. © 2013 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1108/S0190-1281(2013)0000033007	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Anthropology	en_US
dc.title	Local capitalisms and sustainability in coastal fisheries: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.citation.volume	33	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	33	en_US

Abstract:

Purpose: To critically assess engagements with capitalism in coastal fisheries development, considering their success or otherwise for coastal villagers. Approach: Using field research and written reports of projects and the concept of "social embeddedness" we analyze two fisheries development projects as local instances of capitalism. Findings: Coastal peoples in the Pacific have been selling marine products for cash since the earliest days of contact with both Europeans and Asians. Since the 1970s, there have also been fisheries development projects. Both types of engagement with capitalism have had problems with commercial viability and ecological sustainability. One way to understand these issues is to view global capitalist markets as penetrating into localities through the lens of local cultures. We find, however, that local cultures are only one factor among several needed to explain the outcomes of these instances of capitalism. Other explanations include nature, national political and economic contexts, and transnational development assistance frameworks. The defining features of "local capitalisms" thus arise from configurations of human and nonhuman, local and outside influences. Social implications: Development project design should account for local conditions including: (1) village-based socioeconomic approaches, (2) national political economic contexts, (3) frameworks that donors bring to projects, and (4) (in)effective resource management. Originality/value of paper: The chapter builds on the experience of the authors over 15 years across multiple projects. The analysis provides a framework for understanding problems people have encountered in trying to get what they want from capitalism, and is applicable outside the fisheries sector. © 2013 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

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