Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2010, , Pages 203-239
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Studying various theories and perspectives towards district development in recent century entirely indicates the priority of social culture of district to the other of its aspects. Considering features and concept of district based planning shows that this perspective instead of expert interfering with ...
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Studying various theories and perspectives towards district development in recent century entirely indicates the priority of social culture of district to the other of its aspects. Considering features and concept of district based planning shows that this perspective instead of expert interfering with simple hypotheses is based on process and communicative programming and step by step it is with making capacity, social capital and people participation in an attempt for social communication, accelerating and enabling.
In this research after studying related theoretical concepts, we consider the capacities of social capital in Firozsalar district of Gokan city in the East Azerbaijan province in the framework of possession base perspective. Our dependent variable is willingness for participation which is a prerequisite for district base planning. The other capacities of social capital are independent variables. The survey was conducted among sample of 94 residents of Gokan.
Results show indicators of social capital have high correlation with willingness for participation. Also there is a negative significant correlation between evaluation of district's problems and dependent variable. Security (with coefficient of 0.81), social coalition (with coefficient of 0.665), social trust (with coefficient of 0.669) and evaluation of district's problems ordinal (with coefficient-0.19), show casual effects on willingness for participation. As a whole evaluation of social coalition in relation with neighborhoods and trust in all aspects (such as interpersonal, institutional and generalized) indicates that internal coalition has led to decrease generalized trust in Firozsalar.
mirhashem mousavi; mo za
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Presenting and Explaining Directional Pillars of Public Welfare Strategies Pattern: A Content Analysis of Imam Khomeini’s Thoughts Mirhashem Mosavi Dijijun[1] , MohammadHadi Zahehedivafa[2] Received: 7/10/2017 ...
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Presenting and Explaining Directional Pillars of Public Welfare Strategies Pattern: A Content Analysis of Imam Khomeini’s Thoughts Mirhashem Mosavi Dijijun[1] , MohammadHadi Zahehedivafa[2] Received: 7/10/2017 Accepted: 3/11/2017 Abstract Providing public social welfare, entitled "Social Policies," is one of the major goals of political systems, which is usually set up based on the root basics and dominant paradigm. In this research, a strategic focus is on the thoughts of Imam Khomeini in the field of public welfare, which, by negating the socialist and liberal materialism paradigm to institutionalize religious democracy can be used as a pillar of the strategic public welfare policy for new generation and future management of the country as well as other Islamic countries. By using open, axial and selective coding in MAXQDA software. The statistical population includes all the upstream documents related to Imam Khomeini's thoughts, views, ideas, guidelines, and measures to reach directional pillars of strategic patterns (doctrine, goals and policies) being investigated by theoretical sampling in the area of public welfare. In the articulation of Imam Khomeini's discourse, the central concept which affects other concepts and themes, is the establishment of justice in various field. Other elements of the discourse associated with the central concept are providing the material and spiritual needs of the public, preparing the use of social capacities and the avoidance of unnecessary government intervention, developing public welfare through the implementation of Islamic financial program and processing the foundation of internal capacities System. Keywords: Imam Khomeini’s Discourse, Public Welfare, Faqih Leadership, Welfare Strategic Pattern [1]. PhD Student at SupremeNationalDefenseUniversity. (Corresponding Author). mosavihash@gmail.com [2]. Associate Professor of Economics at ImamSadiqUniversity.
ahmad gheyasvand
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Citizenship education is one of the objectives of social centers and institutions. The School Mayor Plan is a project of citizenship in the middle schools of Tehran. The aim of this project is to develop and promote social participation and institutionalize citizenship skills among students. This research ...
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Citizenship education is one of the objectives of social centers and institutions. The School Mayor Plan is a project of citizenship in the middle schools of Tehran. The aim of this project is to develop and promote social participation and institutionalize citizenship skills among students. This research evaluates the effectiveness of the School Mayor Plan. CIPP model is used to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan; however attempt has been made to present only the results of the evaluation of output quality. The research method is evaluation, and its population comprises all students who served as School Mayor, their parents and school administrators in Tehran in the academic year 2011-2012. In this study, we used a questionnaire to collect data and employed the face and sampling validity methods for reliability; also the Cronbach's alpha test was used for the validity of the variables. The findings indicate an increased sense of social responsibility and interest in and attachment to the school environment. In contrast, this plan did not have any positive impact on the social participation of students, the education and awareness of students, and the educational achievements of School Mayors.
parivash jafari; hamidreza arasteh; mahdi rahgozar; mojtaba shahmeri
Volume 2, Issue 9 , September 2011, , Pages 209-225
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Aim: This article is targeting to determine family satisfaction level and mental health of employed women at Iran Air company and compare between employees in flight and non – flight sections of the company in Tehran.
Method: The effects of demographic, age, educations, income level, spouse job, ...
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Aim: This article is targeting to determine family satisfaction level and mental health of employed women at Iran Air company and compare between employees in flight and non – flight sections of the company in Tehran.
Method: The effects of demographic, age, educations, income level, spouse job, number of children, marriage period variables on the two main variables; family satisfaction and mental health also interactions between them was studied.
Study procedure: 51 married women working in flight section and 51 married women in non – flight section at Iran Air with systematic sampling procedure were chosen and participated.
Research approach was based on causal - comparison and data gathered by questionnaire based interview.
Results showed that average level of family satisfaction and mental health in studied samples was at medium level and samples in flight section in comparison with their similar samples in non – flight section had lower range of mental health especially in scales of anxiety and social function disorder.
Also there was a direct and meaningful correlation between family satisfaction level and mental health in both samples.
Family satisfaction had direct correlation with spouse education and had inverse correlation with age and marriage duration length of women.
Between spouse ages, family income, wife’s education level, number of children and spouse job with two main variables (family satisfaction and mental health) no meaningful correlation was observed.
MH Karim; s h; Ali Sardar Shahraki
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Evaluation of Efficiency and Productivity of Hospitals in Iran Emphasizing the Indicators of Welfare and Social Development Mohannad Hoseyn Karim[1] , Seyed Mahdi Hoseyni[2] Ali Sardar Shahraki[3] Receive: 5/8/2018 Accept: 25/2/2019 Abstract Considering the importance ...
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Evaluation of Efficiency and Productivity of Hospitals in Iran Emphasizing the Indicators of Welfare and Social Development Mohannad Hoseyn Karim[1] , Seyed Mahdi Hoseyni[2] Ali Sardar Shahraki[3] Receive: 5/8/2018 Accept: 25/2/2019 Abstract Considering the importance of the hospital industry, this study evaluated the efficiency and productivity of hospitals in 12 provinces nationwide using the universal data analysis model based on the method of manufacturing factor minimization (VRS) and Malmquist index during the period of 2006-2016. The results of this study indicated that the efficiency of all hospitals during the studied period has been upward, as well as the Northern provinces are more effective than southern provinces. Also, in the years under study, the least technical efficiency was related to Sistan and BaluchestanHospital unit. On the other hand, the results of the Malmquist index show that in the period under review, the total productivity change index for the 12 provinces is 1.034, and for the whole of the studied provinces, changes in scale efficiency, managerial efficiency changes, and productivity efficiency changes technically dropped. But further increases in technological efficiency changes have led to an increase in the total productivity changes of the production factors. According to the results of the study, it is suggested that, in order to increase the efficiency and productivity in hospitals, measures such as improving the quality of services, increasing the attractiveness of financial resources, continuous evaluation of performance, the assignment of services to the non-governmental sector, the optimal use of human force, increasing managerial authority in hospitals, and optimal allocation of beds on the agenda. Keywords: Efficiency, Productivity, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Malmquist, Iranian Hospitals [1]. Associate Professor of Economic Sciences, KharazmiUniversity, Tehran, Iran. karimsistani482@gmail.com [2]. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. shseyedmahdi46@gmail.com [3]. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. (Corresponding Author) a.shahraki65@gmail.com
ebrahemi ekhlasi
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Abstract World Health Organization supposes health as something more than the absence of sickness or disability. It also considers health in a way that it includes the psychological, social as well as spiritual aspects of human beings. Present research has been performed on the basis of an abductive ...
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Abstract World Health Organization supposes health as something more than the absence of sickness or disability. It also considers health in a way that it includes the psychological, social as well as spiritual aspects of human beings. Present research has been performed on the basis of an abductive strategy through application of Extensive ethnographic methods aiming at representation of management-related strategies oriented toward consideration of spirituality in governmental hospitals located in Shiraz. Two main research questions include: how meta-physical dimensions of main actors of the health system including their psychological, social as well as spiritual aspects are being considered by decision makers of the medical therapeutic complexes? What are the most important observed instances put in contrast with the principles of medical ethics? The informants of the study include physicians, lecturers of medical ethics, nurses, hospital managements, social workers, patients and their visitors as well. The mentioned informants have been selected purposefully through multi-level qualitative sampling. Analysis of data gathered through various ways of data seeking such as in-depth as well as semi-structured interviews, photo taking and review of hospital documents shows that regarding psychological, social and spiritual aspects of the main actors of the cure system can be represented under the label " advisory obligatory prescription" as a final theme and "religious spirituality", "organizational spirituality" and "personal professional culture of system of cure services" as total themes. Furthermore, in therapeutic centers, institutionalization of spirituality, as a management ideal, has been mostly fulfilled on the basis of religious teachings with special reference to juridical preferences. Key Concepts: Ideal Observer, Medical Ethics, Culture, Spirituality, Professional Behavior
jafar torkzadeh; masomeh mohtaram
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The present research aims to study the relationship between the type of the organizational structure of university and the social capital of departments at University of Shiraz. The research instruments included the Organizational Structure Questionnaire (Turkzadeh & Mohtaram, 2011) and a researcher-made ...
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The present research aims to study the relationship between the type of the organizational structure of university and the social capital of departments at University of Shiraz. The research instruments included the Organizational Structure Questionnaire (Turkzadeh & Mohtaram, 2011) and a researcher-made Social Capital Survey, the validity and reliability of which were assessed and approved. Using random sampling method and a multi-case study format, 5 departments were selected from among all departments of the University of Shiraz. All of faculty members in each department (including 50 subjects) participated in the survey. The results showed that: 1. from faculty members’ viewpoint, the dominant organizational structure at Shiraz University was of a hindering type; 2. the social capital of the departments was at an average level, and there was no difference between the departments in terms of social capital; 3. The type of organizational structure predicted 53% of the social capital of the departments.
Volume 3, Issue 11 , June 2016, , Pages 215-239
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From the perspective of urban scholars and sociologists, trust is the spinal column of local communities and it enhances efficiency of urban neighborhoods and quality of life. Hence, the main aim of present study is exploring and analyzing the relationship between the efficiency of local community of ...
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From the perspective of urban scholars and sociologists, trust is the spinal column of local communities and it enhances efficiency of urban neighborhoods and quality of life. Hence, the main aim of present study is exploring and analyzing the relationship between the efficiency of local community of Doulab neighborhood with the level of trust of its dwellers to local and state institutions.
The type of the study is applied. Survey method and questionnaires have been used in the collection of data. The Findings of study indicate that Doulab neighborhood is community-based; however, it cannot benefit from its advantages due to the lack of trust to the institutions active in planning. Moreover, the level of being community-based is decreasing due to the lack of trust in this neighborhood. Regarding the findings of the study, it is recommended that before any kind of action in Doulab neighborhood, the level of trust of dwellers to local and state institutions of city should be improved. Moreover, any action decreasing the level of trust to local and state institutions should be strongly avoided. This study argues that the urban planning in Iran should focus on community-based planning oriented towards trust building.
behrang zabetian; marziye moosavi
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AbstracAbstracIn this study due to examining of Mechanisms of Construction in Environmental Problems, assessing of the effort and actions of people for stopping Behesht Abad tunnel will be considered. For this purpose, the method of netnography (ethnography in the environment of net) was used. The findings ...
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AbstracAbstracIn this study due to examining of Mechanisms of Construction in Environmental Problems, assessing of the effort and actions of people for stopping Behesht Abad tunnel will be considered. For this purpose, the method of netnography (ethnography in the environment of net) was used. The findings of this study indicated that three factors as claim maker, claim making process and audiences had potential role in creation of problems. High social dignity and the charismatic leadership of claim makers, using of economic benefit framework, environment, injustice, legal frameworks and also applying strategies and tactics to gain the support of policymakers, depoliticize, using of various media, creation of horrible consequences, environmental allegation competition in claim making process and also cultural resonance of claiming with values and audiences’ norm are vital factors in creating and constructing problems.Keywords: Constructivism, environmental movements, claim making, dam constructing, water transfer , Behesht Abad tunnel
Ehsan Alini
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Today, the issue of economic corruption in the world has become one of the most important concerns of social groups and institutions, as well as governments. The spread of this phenomenon in most countries has found a structural and institutional aspect. Corruption has grown significantly in Iran over ...
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Today, the issue of economic corruption in the world has become one of the most important concerns of social groups and institutions, as well as governments. The spread of this phenomenon in most countries has found a structural and institutional aspect. Corruption has grown significantly in Iran over the past two decades. In the present article, the author uses the documentary method and analytical model based on the influence of different social levels (political, economic and cultural) on each other, to examine the roots and structural processes of the prevalence of such widespread corruption in government. According to this analytical model, in the post-revolutionary period, with the dominance of the political culture of the ruling forces, the participation of citizens and social groups led to political obstruction, which led to the creation of monopolies in the economic sector; this monopoly eventually became the source of corruption. The results show that the interaction status of the mentioned levels is not positive and this has negative effects on the economic field. In the economic sector, four erroneous policy models can be examined and traced: the widespread governmentalization of the economy, the prevalence of commercial capitalism and unbridled consumerism, the adoption of redistributive policies, and the multi-currency nature.
Masoud Ganji; reza ali mohseni; Mansour Sharifi; Alireza Kaldi; Hassan Malek
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This article examines the Sociological role of Quality of Life in the Lifestyle of Citizens over 65 years of age in Bandar Mahshahr. The present article has been done by Survey Method among the Citizens 65 years and older. A total of 396 citizens were selected as Statistical Samples with Cochran's Formula, ...
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This article examines the Sociological role of Quality of Life in the Lifestyle of Citizens over 65 years of age in Bandar Mahshahr. The present article has been done by Survey Method among the Citizens 65 years and older. A total of 396 citizens were selected as Statistical Samples with Cochran's Formula, Statistical Data were collected through Stratified Sampling and Questionnaire tools and finally analyzed using SPSS Statistical Software and Descriptive and Inferential Statistical tests. Research results show; However, according to Descriptive statistics, the Objective Quality, Subjective Quality and Social Quality has been the highest among citizens aged 65 and over in the region, respectively; But the Social Quality, the Subjective Quality, the Objective Quality, respectively, with the greatest overall impact, have had the greatest impact on Lifestyle, which can be concluded that the Lifestyle of older citizens is more influenced by Social and Subjective dimensions of Quality of Life It. Also, to realize the Lifestyle in the general sense, a combination of the Social Quality, consisting of Social Capital or other convertible Capital, Subjective Quality, respectively, of Mental Capital or other convertible Capital, respectively. The three Capitals form its Social, Cultural and Economic Capitals; And Objective Quality, consisting of Cultural, Economic and other convertible Capitals, respectively, leads to Social, Cultural and Economic Production and Consumption Actions in Social Fields that realize the Lifestyle.
mohammadbagher alizadehaghdam; mohammad abbaszadeh; ashab habebzadeh; sara ebadi yalghozaghaji
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As a psychological and social matter, happiness is affected by direct and indirect experience of people from various social conditions which is vital for accessing safe life and enduing social relation. While paving the way for sense of security, accelerating social safety and stability of mental health ...
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As a psychological and social matter, happiness is affected by direct and indirect experience of people from various social conditions which is vital for accessing safe life and enduing social relation. While paving the way for sense of security, accelerating social safety and stability of mental health and happy society, in this study, happiness is accentuated in relation with sense of security. Using survey method, the correlation was studied among 381 students of Azad university of Tabriz which were selected through stratified sampling. T test, correlation and regression tests were used for data analysis. Results show that financial, job and emotional securities have meaningful relation with student’s happiness.
karam habibporgatabi
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Present paper do investigate the educational policy in Iran by conceptual system of governmentality and accordance to Mitchel Dean’s “analytics of government” framework in three dimensions such as rationalities/discourses, technologies and subjects of government. Mmethodologically, ...
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Present paper do investigate the educational policy in Iran by conceptual system of governmentality and accordance to Mitchel Dean’s “analytics of government” framework in three dimensions such as rationalities/discourses, technologies and subjects of government. Mmethodologically, mixed method of both Focaultian discourse analysis and genealogy were used. Statistical population consists of texts of educational policy such as laws of development plans in Iran’ Islamic pre and post-revolution era. Findings showed that governmentality which run educational policy in Iran is neo-conservative governmentality. The ideas of this governmentality are signified with returning to past, preservation and stabilization of order, attention to values, state hegemony and centralism. Educational policies in Iran operate with mixture of technologies of domination/power (governing on others) and technologies of self (governing on self). In addition, subjectivities of educational policy in development plans in pre and post-revolution have different forms. So that in pre-revolution ones, the most properties of subjects were vocationalism, professionalism, job-generation and entrepreneurship, while in after revolution ones, the ethical and value aspect of subjects were dominated. Results implies that the ultimate goal of educational policy in Iran is conducting subjects’ behavior in accordance with final values of neo-conservatism governmentality.
yosef mohammadzadeh; samad hekmatifared; sameri abdolahizad
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interpersonal trust and security, gender equality and integration of minorities), is one of the most important determinants of public health. The effect of other variables also shows that education, per capita GDP, the labor participation and employment rate, health expenditures and immunization ...
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interpersonal trust and security, gender equality and integration of minorities), is one of the most important determinants of public health. The effect of other variables also shows that education, per capita GDP, the labor participation and employment rate, health expenditures and immunization programs, have a positive impact on the public health and the rate of inflation and emissions of carbon dioxide, have a negative impact on the public health. Keywords: Social Development, Public Health, Social-Economic Factors, Panel Data Impact of Social Development on Public Health* Yousef Mohammadzadeh[1] , Samad Hekmati Farid[2] Samira Abdolalizad[3] Received: 20/6/2016 Accepted: 26/12/2016 Abstract According to recent studies, social development and health capital are the main axes of development and economic growth, on the other hand, the health of people relates to social environment factors more than any other factor. So the World Health Organization has recently begun serious discussion on health social determinants. This study aims to investigate the effect of social development on public health in 101 upper-middle income countries of the world over the period 1990-2014 STATA software was used for data analysis and models’ evaluation. In order to achieve reliable results, in both models the life expectancy and mortality rates were used for public health indicators. The results showed that in all models in the 99% confidence level, the social indicators have a significantly positive impact on the life expectancy and a significantly negative impact on the mortality rates. In final models, the social development factor for life expectancy and mortality respectively, 3/16 and -2/95. Therefore, the development of social indicators (Civic activities, clubs and societies, within-group cohesion, * This article is extracted from UrmiaUniversity economics graduate thesis entitled "Effects of Social Capital on public health in selected countries" [1]. Assistant Professor Economics, University of Urmia, Urmia, IRAN (Corresponding Author). Email: yo.mohammadzadeh@urmia.ac.ir [2]. Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Urmia. Urmia, IRAN. Email: hekmat188@yahoo.com [3]. M.A. Economics, University of Urmia Urmia, IRAN, Email: samira_abdolalizad@yahoo.com
ali janadleh
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Urban parks and green space, as city shared areas, in addition to environmental impacts, as their important functions, have other important effects. The present article aims to provide a general model for the assessment of the social impact of urban green spaces based on the concept of "quality of life"; ...
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Urban parks and green space, as city shared areas, in addition to environmental impacts, as their important functions, have other important effects. The present article aims to provide a general model for the assessment of the social impact of urban green spaces based on the concept of "quality of life"; the results of its application will be discussed and used for the assessment of the social impacts of three urban parks in Tehran. The final model employed in this study is a combination of four models: Green space impact model of land use consultants, green space health impact model of Scotland, green space, nature and health model of Health Council of the Netherlands, and green space and sustainable city model of Chiesura. In addition, the documents and theoretical studies, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques such as observation, in-depth individual interviews, focus group discussion and survey have been utilized. According to the results several important considerations are required in designing green space such as its impacts on different aspects of social life in the area, like its effects on community solidarity, equity and social diversity, local societal security, leisure time of the residents, traffic, residential properties, economic activities and local social health. Moreover, among the important results of this study is the necessity of identifying the perceptions people of desirable green space before constructing parks or urban green space.
Toktam hanaee; Fateme Gholami
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In recent years, special attention has been paid to the issue of social resilience. Social resilience is the ability of groups or communities to cope with pressures in the face of change. Therefore, education and learning can play an effective role in promoting social resilience. . This article deals ...
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In recent years, special attention has been paid to the issue of social resilience. Social resilience is the ability of groups or communities to cope with pressures in the face of change. Therefore, education and learning can play an effective role in promoting social resilience. . This article deals with the role of education and learning in social resilience. In other words, increasing individual abilities increases individual resilience, followed by social resilience. The subject of education and learning is the first principle of increasing one's ability and entering society. In this regard, 3 main variables and 15 dependent variables were examined. The present research is descriptive-analytical and the method of collecting documentary information and survey (questionnaire). Using statistical methods such as factor analysis and correlation with Spearman test and t-test were used to achieve the objectives of this study. The statistical population included 1811 people and according to Cochran's formula, the statistical sample number was 317 people. The reliability of the questionnaire was measured using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and its value was 0.834, which indicates that the reliability of the questionnaire is desirable. Also, the effect of learning on resilience is at least 29%, which shows a direct and direct relationship between resilience and learning; Therefore, higher levels of education and learning increase resilience
sayyedmohammad Besatiyan; morteza salemi ghamsari
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Basically, the process of theory building, whether qualitative or quantitative, requires several observations. In the cycle of science production, there is an obvious link between theory and method; i.e. theorization is a result of continuous interaction between observations, explaining them and new ...
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Basically, the process of theory building, whether qualitative or quantitative, requires several observations. In the cycle of science production, there is an obvious link between theory and method; i.e. theorization is a result of continuous interaction between observations, explaining them and new observations to explain the former ones. The theories based on fieldworks are to discover and argue the field data which is collected by the researcher who had been present in the field of research. In fieldworks, the researchers are in close contact with the studied phenomenon. If they add participation to their observations and identify themselves with the studied phenomenon, then they will be able to prepare the ground for a deep understanding of it. The methodology of the book ‘Anthropology of Helping’[1] is indicative of a special scientific style in presentation of findings by the author. To present his findings, the author, as an anthropologist, frequently resorts to comparison and argumentation. He starts with argumentation and then continues with comparison. He uses his basic observations (resulted by living among rural people) for theory building and then, using his subsequent observations (resulted by fieldworks and library studies) he tests the theories. Meanwhile, to make his findings organized and easy to understand, he leaves abstractness and proves them using objective observations. Explanation of abstract concept using objective examples helps the readers to better understand the theoretical findings.
gholamreza kazemein; vajhollah ghorbanizadeh; sedmohammadjavad mosavi
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industrial growth and low attention to social and environmental dimensions; the consequences like air pollution, the prevalence of industrial-related diseases and inequality in the employment opportunities of residents and migrants are among the most adverse and significant impacts. While ...
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industrial growth and low attention to social and environmental dimensions; the consequences like air pollution, the prevalence of industrial-related diseases and inequality in the employment opportunities of residents and migrants are among the most adverse and significant impacts. While the status of physical and infrastructural facilities has been positive, this growth has been positive. Negative and positive outcomes that, in addition to national policies, are rooted in the attitudes, practices, and priorities of local and regional institutions and organizations. The findings indicated that by the dominance of economic and industrial growth view point and inattention in social and environmental dimentions, consequences like air pollution, industry-driven diseases, injustice in employment opportunities for habitants and immigrants are among the most adverse and significant impacts. Whereas improved infrastructures is the positive consequence of industrial growth. Negative and positive consequences that, in addition to national policies, are rooted in the attitudes, practices, and priorities of local and regional institutions and organizations. Keywords: Urban Management, Industrial Growth, Assalouyeh The General Assessment of the Role of Urban Management in Controlling the Consequences of Oil and gas Industry Growth in Assaluyeh Gholamreza Kazemiyan[1] , Vajiollah Ghorbanizadeh[2] Seyed Mohammadjavad Mosavi[3] Received: 9/10/2015 Accepted: 3/6/2017 Abstract After about two decades of rapid growth of oil and gas industries in Pars Gonoobi, many problems have been encountered by residents of the urban and rural settlements of this region, including the city of Assaluyeh. The main objective of this paper, taken from the thesis of urban management, is to identify and analyze the performance of urban management institutions in controlling the negative consequences of industrial growth and improving the working conditions and quality of life of citizens and sustainable development of the city of Assaluyeh. The main characteristic of this research is that so far no research has been conducted on the role of urban management institutions in reducing the effects of oil and gas industry development in Assaluyeh. The research is an applied one and descriptive. The data were collected using questionnaire and interviewing tools. The findings indicate that in the light of domination of the economic and [1]. Assistant Professor Departnent of Urban Management, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran. Email: kazemian@atu.ac.ir [2]. Assistant Professor Department of Public Management, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran. Email:ghorbanizadeh@atu.ac.ir [3]. M.A Graduate Urban ManagementAllamehTabatabaeeUniversity, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author). Email: moosavi255@gmail.com
Volume 3, Issue 10 , February 2012, , Pages 227-249
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Because of his limited power in understanding the external world and his restricted power of reasoning comprehensively and deeply, man faces uncertainty and doubt: uncertainty concerning the adequacy of his information and doubt with regard to the generalizability of his conclusions. Multiple-criteria ...
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Because of his limited power in understanding the external world and his restricted power of reasoning comprehensively and deeply, man faces uncertainty and doubt: uncertainty concerning the adequacy of his information and doubt with regard to the generalizability of his conclusions. Multiple-criteria decision-making is one of the ways to increase certainty and comprehensiveness of information and to reduce the uncertainty arising from the judgments of the decision makers. One of the established criteria in decision-making matrix, for cases where there is lack of certainty, is the criterion of minimum regret. The present paper, focusing on the recruitment of academic staff, attempts to identify the options with minimum regret. In other words, by assigning priority to these options or selection criteria, we will have the least risk in our recruitment. Therefore, the major criteria in selection of academic staff were examined in a case study at University of Isfahan. In choosing options with minimum regret, nine major criteria were studied in three educational, social and research categories. The criteria were ranked using ELECTRE algorithm. The results of the analysis revealed that the options of educational conduct, educational records (including the university they graduated from or whether they were top student or not), and teaching ability are among the criteria with minimum regret if considered in making decision about the academic ability of the staff. In other words, these criteria are highly trustworthy in risk management, and the decision-makers will regret less when relying on these criteria.
baharan tonekaboni; p sh
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Recognition of Social and Cultural Norms in Urban Public Spaces of Tehran Baharan Tonekanoni[1] , Pouyan Shahabiyan[2] Receive: 3/10/2017 Accept: 11/11/2017 Abstract Urban public spaces ...
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Recognition of Social and Cultural Norms in Urban Public Spaces of Tehran Baharan Tonekanoni[1] , Pouyan Shahabiyan[2] Receive: 3/10/2017 Accept: 11/11/2017 Abstract Urban public spaces meet a large part of the social needs of people in urban societies. Considering that the interaction of citizens with public spaces on the one hand and the communication of citizens in public spaces on the other is a requirement of urban living; recognition of the quality and properties of these urban spaces and the social-cultural norms of them seems necessary. The current research, using the ''Grounded Theory'' method, attempts to extract related and defining categories of urban public spaces in Tehran Contemporary era. According to the views of users of these spaces, the categories are: equality, comfort and comfort, diversity, communication and interaction, mental image and meaning, tendency, awareness, sense of belonging and collective identity, harmony, freedom, presence, dynamism And vitality. Also, the most important issue facing spaces is "balance and justice" in various dimensions and categories; Tehran's urban public spaces can be considered as balanced and fair spaces that can be found in all aspects and categories But it seems that nowadays, every space that can even satisfy a small part of the human need in the urban public space has to be accepted as a public urban space, while its quality and level of achievement to the criteria and norms of an ideal urban public space should be discussed. For this purpose, in this research, it has been tried to explain, what “should be done” and what “should not be done” or in other words, the related social-cultural - privative and affectionate – norms according to the aspects, concepts, issues and challenges regarding these spaces. Keywords: Urban Public Space, Tehran, Norm, Cntemporary Era, Balance and Justice [1]. (Corresponding Author) baharan.tonekaboni@gmail.com [2]. an@iauctb.ac.ir
a a; h r
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One of the main indicators of social and political development is political participation. Teachers are an important part of the human capitals of any society and through their political participation they can have a decisive role in political socialization. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship ...
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One of the main indicators of social and political development is political participation. Teachers are an important part of the human capitals of any society and through their political participation they can have a decisive role in political socialization. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between social welfare and the political participation of teachers. In this study, based on sociological theories, one of the effective factors in political participation is shown to be the feeling of having welfare on the part of people. The survey method is employed in this research, and the statistical population comprises all teachers in Marivan in the academic year 2012-2013. The sample size was 300 people, selected through stratified random sampling. The results show that the rate of political participation among 60 percent of respondents is low, while in 6 percent of the respondents it is high, and among 34percent of them the rate of political participation is moderate. The social welfare among the respondents is as follows: among 45percent it is low, among 13percent it is high and for 42percent of the respondents it is at a moderate level. The findings show that the variables of happiness, supply, needs, relative comparisons and education have a positive impact (direct) on political participation among teachers. The variable of preferences with a coefficient of – 0.34 has a lowering effect on political participation. However, the association between the variables of age, sex, marital status and political participation was not significant. Multivariate regression analysis showed that five variables (happiness, supply, needs, preferences, relative comparisons), in total, accounted for 39 percent of the changes in the dependent variable (i.e. political participation). The results of the present study show that in general, social welfare has a direct and significant impact on political participation.
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These conditions have had consequences for workers, including destitution of productive labor, the weakening of family and kinship relationships, mental disorientation, and the increasing withdrawal of labor from productive labor. Employers consider the economic conditions of the community, such as the ...
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These conditions have had consequences for workers, including destitution of productive labor, the weakening of family and kinship relationships, mental disorientation, and the increasing withdrawal of labor from productive labor. Employers consider the economic conditions of the community, such as the smuggling of clothing from abroad to the country and heavy workplace rentals, as the main cause for such problems for workers. Keywords: Labor, Manufacturing Industry, Working Conditions, Work Culture, Alienation, Poor Employees Analysis of workers' experience and understanding of working conditions: reasons and consequences (Case Study: Karaj garments manufacturing workers) Hamzeh Nozari[1] Received: 28/12/2015 Acceptance: 1/6/2017 Abstract Research on the working conditions of workers in the field of sociology has focused on two main categories: some of researches inspired by Weber's theory of Protestant culture and ethics have followed working conditions with respect to cultural factors and work ethic. The other group has emphasized Marx's alienation theory on the conditions that make the worker alien to work. These studies did not examine the working conditions from the perspective of workers' experience and understanding. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the experiences of workers from their working conditions; working conditions that can enhance the work culture or cause the worker's alienation. This paper is based on qualitative research and attempts to reveal the understanding of the working conditions by using data from a deep interview with 27 employees of garment manufacturing firms in Karaj. The findings show that material conditions, including physical and health conditions at work, social conditions, including a minimum of verbal working relations with colleagues; economic conditions including low wages, minimum vacations and long working hours, causes the alienation of the work process, colleague, family and relatives. [1]. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, KharazmiUniversity. Nozari56@gmail.com
Shapour Behyan; Fatemeh Bayat; Asghar Mohammadi
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This article understands the consumption situation of Zanjan urban society and has been done with the aim of examining of Embeddedness of demonstrative consumption. The study was conducted qualitatively in 1399. The study population is citizens (with university education) 20-65 age in Zanjan. Samples ...
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This article understands the consumption situation of Zanjan urban society and has been done with the aim of examining of Embeddedness of demonstrative consumption. The study was conducted qualitatively in 1399. The study population is citizens (with university education) 20-65 age in Zanjan. Samples selected by theoretical and purposive sampling and following the theoretical saturation rule, they finished in the tenth person. Data collection tools and methods are open questionnaire and semi-structured interview.The validity of the instrument was assessed by reliability criteria and analytical comparison and audit techniques and interviews were recorded by taking notes and recording audio. Coding and analysis have been done in granded theory. Findings with 9 main categories and 21 subcategories showed the manifestation of demonstrative consumption in cultural and social elements. The main categories related to cultural elements, showed "prevalence of norms of demonstrative consumption" and "formation of new needs and belief in satisfying needs through demonstrative consumption" that follows "changes in the norms of social acquisition and mobility"and They lead to the "conscious surrender or choice of demonstrative consumption beliefs"."Financial constraints are not a determining factor, but only an intervention".The main categories related to social elements, first, they showed the "role of social relations in the occurrence of demonstrative consumption" along with "evaluative contradictions" and "contradictions of social provocations".and then they showed humor with the help of "imaginary irritability".
abazar ashtari Mehrjardi; fateme Sorkhedehi
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The Iranian Islamic model of progress in implementation will face significant challenges. Understanding the most important ones and finding scientific and practical solutions for them is the most important steps of the model. This paper is based on Douglas North's institutional theoretical foundations ...
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The Iranian Islamic model of progress in implementation will face significant challenges. Understanding the most important ones and finding scientific and practical solutions for them is the most important steps of the model. This paper is based on Douglas North's institutional theoretical foundations and social order theory and is a descriptive-analytic method. This study shows that resolving the problem of violence and political stability is the most elusive problem of power elite and the issue of implementation, and the role of the power elite, the judiciary, and indigenous solutions in solving these challenges is very important. Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and China have also been surveyed by the World Bank on indicators such as "security of property rights", "control of corruption", "non-violence and political stability" and "protest and accountability" by the World Bank. All of them have had, at the beginning of the process of developing limited political access and authoritarian regimes, instead of democratic strategies, open political access and free markets in the Western way. But their top priority has been economic development, security of productive property rights through voluntary or forced removal of elite power rents and control of corruption. The role of the judiciary and the power elite in addressing the three major problems of restricted access systems (developing countries) is unmatched, and indigenous solutions and institutions are essential to this process.
