Moosa Anbari; Mohammad Mehdizadeh Ardakani
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The general purpose of this study is to identify thelow qualityof the activities of NGOs in facilitating and providing services for social resilience. Here, the role and actions of Abrar Charity Institute inrural areas of Ghaenat city against the phenomenon of water shortage are focused. This research ...
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The general purpose of this study is to identify thelow qualityof the activities of NGOs in facilitating and providing services for social resilience. Here, the role and actions of Abrar Charity Institute inrural areas of Ghaenat city against the phenomenon of water shortage are focused. This research is an exploratory research with a qualitative approach. Data collection tools; The interview was semi-structured and the content analysis technique was used to analyze the data obtained from the interview. Although there are many influential people innon-governmental organizations, but this research is the result of interviews with 16 facilitators of Abrar Institute who are in direct contact with the local community and have worked there. At the beginning of the coding process, 372 initial concepts, 57 sub-themes and 13 main themes were identified. Findings show that Abrar Institute has facilitated and guided public activities in the fields of economy, society, infrastructure, environment and agriculture, and health.The findings also show that the initial distrust of the people, the distrust of the people in government institutions, the weakness of quality manpower in the village and inflation and economic problems are among thechallenges that the institute has facedThe experience and activities of Abrar Institute in the studied villages show thatNGOs can be hopedfor as a voluntary social capacity to promote socialresilience in rural areas and their adaptation to water scarcity
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The world development process is the outcome of accumulated mankind experiences. All nations, including Iran, have participated in the present human civilization. In Iran we confronted with the western development epistemology by means of Islamic ontology, but we emphasized on understanding the conceptual ...
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The world development process is the outcome of accumulated mankind experiences. All nations, including Iran, have participated in the present human civilization. In Iran we confronted with the western development epistemology by means of Islamic ontology, but we emphasized on understanding the conceptual principals rather than procedures and processes. The point is that development studies require accentuation of historical and experiential trends. In other words, historical and sociological processes of development should be taken into account with interpretative and identity-based approaches. While instead of such considerations, individual artificial indexes such as factors and agents were detected. In addition, development has been conceived as problem rather than the solution. Hence the proposition of incompatibility of indigenous and western developments has been exaggerated. In this article, we discuss about the main mechanisms and aspects of social development and changes, and consider questions about development from the Islamic and Iranian viewpoint. Finally, an indigenous development as a new approach to development will be introduced.
