{"title":"A Case Study of Collective Action in Fishermen's Wives Group (KUNITA), Malaysia","authors":"Nor Hafizah S., Salfarina A. G., Intan Hashimah H., Juliana A. W.","volume":48,"journal":"International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","pagesStart":2259,"pagesEnd":2265,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/4427","abstract":"
Collective action can be an effective means for local development as well as important strategy to enhance livelihoods especially among rural people. This article explores the level of collective action among members of Fishermen-s Wives Group (KUNITA) in Malaysia. KUNITA was established by the Malaysian Fishery Development Authority (LKIM) with an objective to increase the socio-economic status of fishermen-s families. The members who are mostly the wives and daughters of fishermen are strongly encouraged by LKIM to venture into entrepreneurship activities. The objective of this research was to see the level of collective action among members in KUNITA groups in the state of Selangor. The finding shows that high level of collective action among KUNITA members is strongly based on volunteerism. However, the level of cooperation among members in the group is relatively low. The findings present significant challenges for the group in maintaining the sustainability of KUNITA organization.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] C. Tanner, \"Class, Caste and Gender in Collective Action: Agricultural\r\nLabour Unions in Two Indian villages. The Journal of Peasant Studies,\r\nvol. 22, no. 4, pp. 672 - 698, 1995.\r\n[2] G. Kariuki, \"Initiatives for Rural Development Through Collective\r\nAction: The Case of Household Participation in Group Activities in the\r\nHighlands of Central Kenya,\" CAPri Working Paper No. 43.\r\nInternational Food Policy Research Institute: Washington D.C, 2005.\r\n[3] G. Marshall., \"A Dictionary of Sociology\". Oxford University Press,\r\nNew York, 1988.\r\n[4] J. Blaxall., \"India-s Self-Employed Women-s Association (SEWA):\r\nEmpowerment Through Mobilization of Poor Women on a Large Scale\".\r\nScaling Up Poverty Reduction: A Global Learning Process and\r\nConference, Shanghai, May 25 - 27, 2004, Washington DC: World\r\nBank, 2004\r\n[5] J. Coleman, \"Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital,\"\r\nAmerican Journal of Sociology., vol. 94, pp. 95 - 120, 1988.\r\n[6] K. Goss, and M. Heaney, \"Organizing Women as Women: Hybridity and\r\nGrassroots Collective Action in the 21st Century. Perspectives on\r\nPolitics, vol. 8, pp. 27 - 52, 2010.\r\n[7] L. Pandolfelli, R. Meinzen-Dick, and S. Dohrn, S. \"Gender and\r\nCollective Action: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis. In 2005\r\nInternational Research Workshop on \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffGender and Collective\r\nAction-Conference. CAPri Working Paper No. 64.\r\n[8] M. Leach et.al, \"Environmental Entitlements: Dynamics and Institutions\r\nin Community-based NRM. World Development, vol. 27, no.2, pp. 225 -\r\n247, 1999.\r\n[9] M. Lubell et.al., \"Watershed Partnerships and the Emergence of\r\nCollective Action Institutions. American Journal of Political Science,\r\nvol. 46, no.1, pp. 148 - 163, 2002.\r\n[10] M. Molyneux., \" Gender and the Silences of Social Capital: Lessons\r\nfrom Latin America. Development and Chang, vol. 33, no. 2, pp: 167 -\r\n188, 2002.\r\n[11] N.H Selamat, I.H. Hashim, S. A. Gapor and J. A. Wahab, \"The\r\nExperience of Collective Action in Capacity Building Programs: A Case\r\nStudy of Fishermen-s Wives Group in Malaysia. European Journal of\r\nSocial Sciences, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 499 - 590, Dec 2010.\r\n[12] N. Uphoff and C. Mijayaratna, \"Demonstrated Benefits of Social\r\nCapital: the Productivity of Farmer-s Organization in Gal Oya, Sri\r\nLanka. World Development, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 1840 - 1875, 2000.\r\n[13] P. Dannecker, \"Collective Action, Organization Building and\r\nLeadership: Women Workers in the Garment Sector in Bangladesh.\r\nGender and Development, vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 31, 2000.\r\n[14] P. Sanyal, \"From Credit to Collective Action: The Role of Microfinance\r\nin Promoting Women-s Social Capital and Normative Influence.\r\nAmerican Sociological Review, vol. 74, no 4, pp. 529- 550, 2009.\r\n[15] R. Meinzen-Dick et. al., \"Methods for Studying Collective Action in\r\nRural Development\". CAPRi working papers 33, International Food\r\nPolicy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2004.\r\n[16] S. Panda., \"Women-s Collective Action and Sustainable Water\r\nManagement: Case of SEWA-s Water Campaign in Gujarat, India.\r\nCAPRi working papers 61, International Food Policy Research Institute\r\n(IFPRI), 2006.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 48, 2010"}