The economic adaptation of migrants and the cooperative behavior by generalized exchange : The rotating credit association of Japanese migrants in Buenos Aires
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- TSUJIMOTO Masahiro
- Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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- Other Title
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- 移民の経済的適応戦略と一般交換による協力行動 : ブエノスアイレスにおける日系人の経済的講集団
- イミン ノ ケイザイテキ テキオウ センリャク ト イッパン コウカン ニ ヨル キョウリョク コウドウ ブエノスアイレス ニ オケル ニッケイジン ノ ケイザイテキ コウシュウダン
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Abstract
Minorities are typically deprived of social resources. To survive in such a harsh environment, they often organize mutual aid associations. As an example of one such association, the rotating credit association of migrants was investigated for three purposes: the first, is to examine the function of a rotating credit association upon the economic adaptation. The second is to examine the components of a rotating credit association which induce cooperative behavior through generalized exchange. The third is to reveal the qualifications for membership into a rotating credit association. For these purposes, 30 Japanese migrants were interviewed. The conclusions were as follows: the effectiveness to advance the economic adaptation was contingent on economic circumstances. The institutions make it possible for members to cooperate with others for their own self-interest. Altruistic motives are not necessarily required. The qualification for affiliation with the association was determined not by ethnicity but by personal relationships.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Social Psychology
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Japanese Journal of Social Psychology 16 (1), 50-63, 2000
The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
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- CRID
- 1390001204491668864
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- NII Article ID
- 110002785353
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- NII Book ID
- AN10049127
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- ISSN
- 21891338
- 09161503
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- NDL BIB ID
- 5472715
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed