E. Hajiyani
Volume 9, Issue 3.4 , September 2008, , Pages 143-164
Abstract
: In view of concerns arising from cultural and ethnic diversities in the Iranian society and their consequences, this paper, which is the result of a national research project, will discuss the relationship between national and ethnic identities among Iranian ethnic groups. According to an analytical ...
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: In view of concerns arising from cultural and ethnic diversities in the Iranian society and their consequences, this paper, which is the result of a national research project, will discuss the relationship between national and ethnic identities among Iranian ethnic groups. According to an analytical framework based on symbolic interaction, especially the viewpoints of Mead and Blumer, the main assumption of this paper is that Iranians enjoy a multifaceted identity and there is no incompatibility among identity sources. That is, collective cultural identity of the Iranian society comes from a number of sources and due to its gradual, historical and continued nature; there is no incompatibility among those sources. Survey method and questionnaire has been used to test that assumption. The unit of study is "individual" while the unit of analysis includes 6 ethnic varieties of Iran as Kurds, Baluches, Turks, Arabs, Turkmens, and Lor people. The population was over 18 years of age and included residents of 9 big cities inhabited by those ethnic groups. Samples were chosen through multiphasic sampling method.
The results show that both ethnic and national identities are simultaneously prominent among Iranian ethnic groups and there is no conflict between them. Also, there is a positive and powerful relationship among cultural and social aspects of ethnic identity, on the one hand, and cultural (and to some extent social) aspects of national identity. Of course, there is a negative relationship between their political aspect.
O. Ghaderzadeh; B. Mohammadi
Volume 18, Issue 3 , September 2018, , Pages 143-166
Abstract
Iranian Call and Reform Organization is one of the active religious currents in Iranian Kurdistan. This organization is one of the religious currents in Kurdistan which is active in religious, cultural, and educational actions within the framework of the existing political system. In ...
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Iranian Call and Reform Organization is one of the active religious currents in Iranian Kurdistan. This organization is one of the religious currents in Kurdistan which is active in religious, cultural, and educational actions within the framework of the existing political system. In the present study, to understand the experiences and perceptions of senior and active members, we interviewed 30 members, using a semi-structured questionnaire. Findings showed that because of the nationalist Kurds’ tendency towards ethnic identity, the weakness of the religions’ position in Kurdistan, cultural conflict in Kurdistan, and Sunnies’ insignificant power in Iran, the member of this organization try to participate in political actions. In addition, modernity and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s legal frameworks work as facilitator contexts; and success in Islamic countries and Islamic currents’ activities in Kurdistan function as mediator conditions. To encounter the factors mentioned above, the members use strategies such as a convergence and action in the framework of the constitution, differentiation from other groups and Islamic currents. Also, the results showed that taking political actions among the organization’s members can be grouped under three heading: new traditionalism, moderate modernism, and modernism.
Volume 11, Issue 3 , January 0, , Pages 146-175
M. Kowsari; M.M. Mowlaei
Volume 13, Issue 4 , December 2013, , Pages 149-175
Abstract
Gender studies in Iran have been limited to a history encompassing several years of research conducted in the area of women's studies. Therefore, similar studies on men have been neglected. Studying men in the Iranian-Persian rap music is the purpose of this research; then it belongs to the interdisciplinary ...
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Gender studies in Iran have been limited to a history encompassing several years of research conducted in the area of women's studies. Therefore, similar studies on men have been neglected. Studying men in the Iranian-Persian rap music is the purpose of this research; then it belongs to the interdisciplinary field of men's studies. In men's studies, here we use "masculinities" instead of masculinity. Masculinities are changing in different times and locations and so they are socially constructed. We used "hegemonic masculinity theory" for analysis of gender issues in Iran and utilized A. J. Greimas's "actantial model" for narrative analysis. We have discovered 14 narratives of Iranian-Persian rap music and analyzed interaction between actants. Afterwards we discuss narratives, antinarratives and positions of men. The 14 narratives of masculinity in the Iranian-Persian rap music are divided into two spaces, hegemonic masculinities space and alternative masculinities space, based on their proportion in social conditions of Iran.
A. Moazen; M.B. Alizadeh Aghdam
Volume 13, Issue 3 , September 2012, , Pages 149-174
Abstract
The study and measurement of quality of life is an important
subject by itself. It acquires especial significance in urban settings. The
urban quality of life in Iran, considering social, economic and cultural
condition as well as the emphasis put on achieving the goal of twenty- year
vision of this ...
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The study and measurement of quality of life is an important
subject by itself. It acquires especial significance in urban settings. The
urban quality of life in Iran, considering social, economic and cultural
condition as well as the emphasis put on achieving the goal of twenty- year
vision of this country is of strategic importance. Considering the situation of
quality of life in cities and regions, and given that in Iran the comprehensive
system of quality of life has not been created, studying different aspects of
quality of life assessment can be a way to achieve a comprehensive
assessment system of life quality. Therefore, this article is set to determine
the quality of life indicators. It aspires to provide a model for assessing the
quality of urban life in Iran, and uses the existing statistics (secondary data
analysis) and cluster analysis techniques for ranking provinces of Iran, in
terms of compliance with quality of life measures. The results show, Isfahan
province, the quality of life score 4.52 higher than average, the highest rank
(first rank) in the provinces of Iran. Provinces of Yazd with a score of 3.85,
Fars, with a score of 3.16 and Tehran, with a score of 3.12 follow
respectively in rank. Ilam province scored below the -3.58 level of quality of
life and thus stands as the lowest average rating (rank of 30) in this regard.
M H. panahi; H. khaniki; S. amini
Volume 14, Issue 3 , September 2012, , Pages 149-178
Abstract
This article aims to explain the evolution of the discourse of Majma Rohaniyoon Mobarez (MRM) of Iran, as one of the influential political view-points on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The article, firstly and briefly discusses the evolution of MRM’s discourse through the two decades ...
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This article aims to explain the evolution of the discourse of Majma Rohaniyoon Mobarez (MRM) of Iran, as one of the influential political view-points on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The article, firstly and briefly discusses the evolution of MRM’s discourse through the two decades of 1989-2010, under the four governments of Warera, i.e. the advocators of Reconstruction, Reformation and Fundamentalism. Then, the paper focuses on the effects of structural factors of their siscourse evolution.
For the analysis of the discourse, the conceptual framework of Laclau & Mouffe and the critical discourse analysis of Norman Fairclough are used. The findings reveal that the nodal points of MRM’s discourse has evolved from Islam (ideological-revolutionary interpretation of Islam) to people (people orientation and democratic interpretation of Islam), from ideological and revolutionary values to realistic, pragmatic ones, from justice to liberty and from state-run economy to market economy. The findings of the research indicate that the formation of MRM’s discourse is affected by the post- revolutionary processes: disintegration of the unity of the revolutionary forces, and transformation of the ideological sphere. For the explanation of the evolution of the discourse, two types of structural factors have been considered: The first type includes factors such as population growth, urbanization and economic changes. The second type includes factors such as increase in literacy, changes in the political, intellectual, and media fields, and the domination of democratic wave in the world.
Mohammad Sharif Karimi; Azad Khanzadi; Masoud CheshAlil
Abstract
The study of the effect of fertility and female labor force participation on economic growth is of particular significance. Thus in this paper, we examined the relationship between fertility, female labor force participation and economic growth using a comparative study between Iran and the G7 countries. ...
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The study of the effect of fertility and female labor force participation on economic growth is of particular significance. Thus in this paper, we examined the relationship between fertility, female labor force participation and economic growth using a comparative study between Iran and the G7 countries. For this purpose, we used the data from the overall fertility rate, the female labor force participation rate and the economic growth rate of the World Bank for the period 1990-2015. We employed the ARDL Bounds method and the panel constant effect method to estimate the Iran model and the model of G7 countries respectively.The results showed that with a one-percent increase in fertility, economic growth in Iran in the short and long term reduces by 0.177% and 0.166% respectively and in G7 countries it decreases by 0.012 %. The findings also indicated that a one-percent increase in the female labor force participation rate in Iran would increase 0.036% in the short run and 0.635% in the long run in economic growth. And such a change in economic growth in the G7 countries will affect 0.059% in a positive direction.
M. Mousavi; M. Sheykhi; N. Ataeinejad
Volume 14, Issue 4 , December 2013, , Pages 153-179
Abstract
The present study attempts to analyse the relationship
between using virtual social network of facebook and social capital. The
development of social interaction in virtual spaces by youths and
concerns of decreasing of social participation and interaction in real
world has raised various arguments. ...
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The present study attempts to analyse the relationship
between using virtual social network of facebook and social capital. The
development of social interaction in virtual spaces by youths and
concerns of decreasing of social participation and interaction in real
world has raised various arguments. Many studies have examined the
effects of using these social networks on social capital all over the
world. Therefore, in this article we try to compare social capital between
user and non-user students and examine the relationship among using
facebook and structural and cognitive dimensions of social capital.
In the current research, we carried out a survey method and its
population which was selected with cluster proportionate to size
sampling, is 336 students of Tehran University. Finally, with the use of
a questionnaire, data was collected and analysed.
The findings reveal that in comparison with non-user students, the
users of facebook have more social capital, though the effect of using
facebook on various dimensions of this sort of capital are different. In
other words, based on the findings, using facebook and some parameters
of social capital including the extent of real network, cooperation norms
and social consciousness are positively correlated, but there is a
negative link between using facebook and social support.
Aliye SHekarbeygi; Reza Mostame
Volume 15, Issue 2 , July 2013, , Pages 153-177
Abstract
Violence against women at home and in society in all countries has always been
perceived as a concern. Much research has been done, but because of their
different methods and theories, no one has found a new path for the future
studies. In this meta-analysis, after classifying the theories of 22 applied ...
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Violence against women at home and in society in all countries has always been
perceived as a concern. Much research has been done, but because of their
different methods and theories, no one has found a new path for the future
studies. In this meta-analysis, after classifying the theories of 22 applied studies
in this field, we distinguished the most used of them and their methods as well.
With classifying the hypotheses, we realized that the theoretical relevance and
theoretical model were hardly consistent and the sources, learning and feminist
theories were the most useful ones in the hypothetical model. At the end with the
use of statistical methods, the role of the three theories in explaining the
hypotheses were examined our proposals were grouped based on the economic,
educational and gender status.
F. Bagheri Heidari
Volume 15, Issue 4 , December 2014, , Pages 153-172
Abstract
Interactions and relationships between university students and teachers
(lecturers) are considered to be the most important interactional area of social
structure of science. The purpose of this study is a sociological investigation of
factors affecting the students’ interactions and relationships ...
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Interactions and relationships between university students and teachers
(lecturers) are considered to be the most important interactional area of social
structure of science. The purpose of this study is a sociological investigation of
factors affecting the students’ interactions and relationships with professors.
Different areas of interaction have been studied according to the theories of
sociology of science and Bourdieu’s theoretical framework .The method of this
study is a survey research. The data has been collected by using questionnaires
and analysed by the use of the SPSS software. The population is the students of
Payame noor , Nonprofit and Azad universities of Pole Dokhtar city. Research
findings show that capitals could be changed to one another and the position of
individuals in the science field is determined by the amount of their cultural
capital. In the last section of this paper we offer suggestions and solutions to
strengthen the effect of relationships and interactions in the development of
scientific institutions .Besides, the interactions and relationships between
professors and university students with the amount of their capitals were
significant.
Hossain Mirzaei; Mojtaba Mirzaei; Tohid Alizadeh
Abstract
Scientific associations as an important institution play significant roles in society. Therefore, the study of their functions, structures, and identification of influential factors on strengthening their functions are of significant. The statistical population of this study is all undergraduate students ...
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Scientific associations as an important institution play significant roles in society. Therefore, the study of their functions, structures, and identification of influential factors on strengthening their functions are of significant. The statistical population of this study is all undergraduate students of Ferdowsi University in the academic year of 2018-2019- totally 9977 students. 150 students were selected as the random sampling in this research. Finally, with the use of SPSS and the suitable tests, the data was analyzed. Descriptive results showed that the level of students' social participation in scientific associations was low (40%). Furthermore, social trust, the efficiency of scientific associations, the benefits of association membership and the relationship of the associations with departments as the dependent variables were better. Plus, the inferential analysis demonstrated that there was a significant correlation between the dependent variables and the students' social participation. It is also important to note that the path analysis that the dependent variables, except for association efficiency, explained 20% of the changes in social participation.
KH Safiri; A Kamali; N.KH Mosleh
Volume 15, Issue 3 , September 2013, , Pages 162-198
Abstract
The present research, investigates the relation between family social capital and religious participations with teenagers' religious identity. Based on Coleman's theory about family social capital, Jenkins, Durkheim, Taleban's theories about religious participation and Tajfel, Jenkins, Fini's theories ...
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The present research, investigates the relation between family social capital and religious participations with teenagers' religious identity. Based on Coleman's theory about family social capital, Jenkins, Durkheim, Taleban's theories about religious participation and Tajfel, Jenkins, Fini's theories about religious identity we develop our theoretical framework of research. With the use of probability proportionate to size sampling, we choose 367 teenagers and 367 patents. To collect the data, we distribute a questionnaire among twelfth graders in the city of Qom. The bivariate analysis results indicate that there is a meaningful and direct relation between family social capital and religious participation with teenagers' religious identity. In addition, the results of multivariate regression analysis demonstrate that the effects of social capital in a family and teenagers' religious participation is significant and the teenagers' religious participation variable is the most important factor in explaining teenagers' religious identity.
A.A Moghadas; F. Sharafy
Volume 10, Issue 1 , March 2009, , Pages 162-190
Abstract
By different factors, as destruction of political position to movi, development of communication systems, low cost of translation, ingevality of wage level among different countries and demand of labor force, the trend of international migration is incterasing as documents indicate. This study is based ...
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By different factors, as destruction of political position to movi, development of communication systems, low cost of translation, ingevality of wage level among different countries and demand of labor force, the trend of international migration is incterasing as documents indicate. This study is based on pushad attrac theory and golbalization inverstigate the factors of stimuliationg tendensy of migration of 770 youth of Iran, 18-30 cohart in shiraz and Arsanran. The dindings show that tendensy of migration is common as other countries. Only 9 peresent of Iranian youth do not tend tenensy to migrate. Men. Singels, low incomers high level edvetor, those inrange of 22-25 age shirazians are more likely to migrate. And among the socio-cultural factors, negative attittude towar socio-cultural, education, economy and politic are more releted to depenent variable. As the findings indicate, in a society as Iran, socio-sultural and educational and enconomy factors have move inffluence on teadensy and stimulation of individuals.
M Ebrahimi
Volume 10, Issue 4 , December 2010, , Pages 1-10
S.M Saghafi; V. Shalchi
Volume 14, Issue 2 , July 2012, , Pages 30-56
Abstract
In a surging evolutionary period, self-advisement and analysis is considered a necessity for cultural continuity. Without such rethinking, culture and tradition may lose its possibility of facing new social conditions. The Iranian culture has its own possibilities and barriers whereas rethinking them ...
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In a surging evolutionary period, self-advisement and analysis is considered a necessity for cultural continuity. Without such rethinking, culture and tradition may lose its possibility of facing new social conditions. The Iranian culture has its own possibilities and barriers whereas rethinking them through an internal ontology increases the vigor of this tradition for confronting new issues and for interacting with other traditions. Here, among today's cultural issues, we call this issue the 'appetency of status'. Gaining status and dignity is socially important everywhere, it stimulates individual and social acts. Nonetheless, currently such stimulation is transformed into an unhealthy symptom. Throughout historical evolutions, it has been displayed and recognized in different aspects of social life. This article is a critical consideration of this cultural feature in relation to structural conditions. It will therefore attempt to describe the nature of appetence for status and thereby focuses on its differences with the ordinary status seeking activities. The article enumerates five features of appetency for status and considers some key domains in the contemporary Iranian culture, domains involved with this issue. At the end it will briefly describe six processes of historical formations of this cultural issue and its outcomes.
M Taleb; S.A Firouzabadi; H Imani-jajremi; A.R Sadeghi
Volume 9, 1,2 , March 2008, , Pages 142-150
Abstract
The main question of this research is how individual candidates, political parties and groups and the elected persons concerned with the target groups in their campaigns in eighth parliament election in Tehran? A sample of campaign items of candidates and political parties and groups including 329 individual ...
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The main question of this research is how individual candidates, political parties and groups and the elected persons concerned with the target groups in their campaigns in eighth parliament election in Tehran? A sample of campaign items of candidates and political parties and groups including 329 individual candidates and 44 parties and groups is studied. Content analysis as a qualitative research method is delected for analyzing the data. The findings show the main concern of individual candidates and parties was with young people and women and in a low degree on poor, totally in eight target groups including children, women, young and elderly people, poor, religious and ethnic minorities, pensioners and disabled people. The campaigners showed less or no concern with pensioners, religious and ethnic minorities, and children, disabled and elderly people. The important finding is that the disabled and elderly people never mentioned in parties campaign. Large quantity of the women and youth groups voters and the possibility of attractiong their votes by comparison with other target groups, are the reasons of why candidates and parties have more concern with them
M. Ebrahimi
Volume 18, Issue 2 , July 2017, , Pages 145-155
F Nosratinejhad
Volume 13, Issue 13 , March 2012, , Pages 154-168
Abstract
The state in contemporary Iran is a relatively neglected subject, especially by sociologists. One of the few studies conducted on this matter is an article by Hamid Reza Jalaeipour titled: A Theoretical Attempt for Evaluation formation of the Nation-State in Contemporary Iran. He, in that article, tries ...
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The state in contemporary Iran is a relatively neglected subject, especially by sociologists. One of the few studies conducted on this matter is an article by Hamid Reza Jalaeipour titled: A Theoretical Attempt for Evaluation formation of the Nation-State in Contemporary Iran. He, in that article, tries to presents an analysis regarding the situation of the nation-state in contemporary Iran. Since participation of the academic community on this matter can shed light on certain aspects of the nature of the state in the contemporary Iranian history, what was in my mind in writing the present article was twofoldan: an attempt to present a critique of Jalaeipour's paper, and to open the way in this regard. Reflecting on the afore-said article leads one to see that the writer has confused the category of nation-state with that of the transition to democracy (and its ups and downs). Such a confusion has led him to offer a definition for the nation-state which is neither consistent with those of the thinkers nor with the historical facts. Aside from that, on the subject of the nation-state, he uses theories of two thinkers which are essentially different from one another. Due to the conceptual confusion the writer's analysis regarding the formation process and the situation of the nation-state in Iran is not sound. The present article attempts to provide an alternative framework on the subject through a critical interpretation of the said article.
A. Mirfardi; A. Valinezhad
Volume 18, Issue 1 , January 0, , Pages 158-183
Abstract
The present article aimed at analyzing and evaluating the relationship between religiosity national identities of the students of Yasouj University. To do this, we combined Giddens’ identity theory, Cooley’s looking- glass self-theory and Stryker’s identity theory to create the theoretical ...
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The present article aimed at analyzing and evaluating the relationship between religiosity national identities of the students of Yasouj University. To do this, we combined Giddens’ identity theory, Cooley’s looking- glass self-theory and Stryker’s identity theory to create the theoretical framework. Besides, 400 students were selected from Yasouj University students as our sample using the multi-stage random sampling method. To gather the data, we applied a self-constructed questionnaire consisting 48 questions. The questionnaire’s validity was assessed by some experts and its reliability was measured by Cronbach’s alpha. The degree of reliability of national identity and religiosity were 0/888 and 0/939 respectively.
The findings demonstrated that there was a significant direct relationship between students’ national identity and their religiosity; but there was not any significant difference between the level of respondents’ religiosity and their age, education, and place residence. It is important to note that the independent variables could explain 27 percent of the variance the dependent variable. In addition, there was no conflict between their religiosity and national identity.
Mahdi Ebrahimi
Volume 10, Issue 3 , September 2009, , Pages 161-168
M.r Taleban
Volume 9, Issue 3.4 , September 2008, , Pages 164-193
Abstract
Theoretical tradition of dependency/world-system relies on the separation between core and periphery countries in the world. This tradition asserts that global system of capitalism, with transfer of resources from less developed third world countries to the developed core countries, prevents their national ...
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Theoretical tradition of dependency/world-system relies on the separation between core and periphery countries in the world. This tradition asserts that global system of capitalism, with transfer of resources from less developed third world countries to the developed core countries, prevents their national and independent development and thus promote their peripheralization within international division of labor. In other words, the developed core countries, seize economic surplus from the periphery countries and allocate it for their own more and more development. On the contrary, due to the lack of access to their own economic surplus, the periphery countries remain underdevelopment. One of the political consequences of such a system is noticeable differences in levels of rebellious political conflict among the developed core countries and underdevelopment periphery countries.
In the present research attempts have been made to formulate the hypotheses for explanation of political conflict within the theoretical framework of dependency/world-system theories. Then, the said theoretical model was evaluated through collecting data from 95 periphery countries for a 20- year period (1980-1999).
Overall, the findings of this cross-national study could not provide empirically support for the dependency/world-system theoretical perspective. In other words, all hypotheses extracted from the dependency/ world-system theoretical tradition to explain rebellious political conflict were rejected by this empirical test.
F. Javahri
Volume 18, Issue 4 , November 2018, , Pages 165-172
S.M Saghafi
Volume 15, Issue 1 , March 2013, , Pages 173-182
M Din-dost
Volume 15, Issue 4 , December 2014, , Pages 173-176
M Ebrahimi
Volume 13, Issue 3 , September 2012, , Pages 175-181
