Dissertation Research: Social Norms and Group Cooperation in an Agro-Pastoral Region of Tanzania

论文研究：坦桑尼亚农牧区的社会规范和群体合作

• 批准号: 9817248
• 负责人: Peter Richerson
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-04-01 至 2001-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9817248&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Social; Norms; Group

9817248Richerson / Paciotti This project supports the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the University California-Davis, studying how social norms produce sanctions that affect the propensity of community members to cooperate in a rural area of Tanzania. The student will interview members of agro-pastoral communities about the types and frequencies of social incentives that motivate individuals to participate in cooperative grass-roots protection organizations or vigilante groups. The behavior of people in different communities will be studied to assess the local variation in social norms and institutions affecting the propensity to cooperate in this form of activity. Attention will be paid to the conditions affecting free-riding such as gossip and to the social status of individuals. The student will study in two ethnic communities using ethnographic techniques and in-depth interviews on a random sample of households. After a primary set of interviews to establish the prevalence of a set of incidents of vigilante behavior, the student will draw a second random sample to report personal involvement in the incidents. This research is valuable because cooperation involving large groups is of fundamental interest in democratic society, as well as relevant to applied problems such as environmental degradation and common resource management. This project will advance our knowledge of the function of social norms and institutions that function to provide trust in local communities. In addition the project supports the training of a young social scientist, and advances our knowledge of this important area of the world.

9817248 Richerson/Richotti该项目支持加州大学戴维斯分校人类学学生的论文研究，研究社会规范如何产生制裁，影响社区成员在坦桑尼亚农村地区合作的倾向。 学生将采访农牧社区的成员，了解激励个人参加合作基层保护组织或民团的社会激励措施的类型和频率。 将研究不同社区的人们的行为，以评估影响这种活动形式合作倾向的社会规范和制度的地方差异。 将注意影响搭便车的条件，如八卦和个人的社会地位。学生将在两个民族社区使用民族志技术和深入访谈家庭的随机样本进行研究。 经过一组主要的采访，以建立一组事件的私刑行为的流行，学生将提请第二次随机抽样报告个人参与的事件。这项研究是有价值的，因为涉及大团体的合作是民主社会的根本利益，也与环境退化和共同资源管理等应用问题有关。该项目将促进我们对社会规范和机构的功能的了解，这些规范和机构的功能是在当地社区提供信任。 此外，该项目还支持培训一名年轻的社会科学家，并增进我们对世界这一重要领域的了解。