Iranian Journal of Sociology

Abstract This article aims at testing Henry Lefebvre's theory of right to the city in Tehran. By adopting a quantitative approach, implications and relevance of the framework and the concepts, as well as the possibility of adding gender as an effective independent variable to the framework will be investigated. The results from a sample of 168 men and women in all 22 municipalities of Tehran indicate that the theory is substantially relevant in Iranian society with a single exception of the concept of production of space. This could be a consequence of culturalpolitical differences in the concept of right and citizenship in different social contexts. Logistic regression analysis also shows that there are gender based differences in the realization of right to the city in Tehran. Women's enjoy less participation and appropriation in the city and gender plays an important role along with class in realization of right to the city.

Abstract This article aims at testing Henry Lefebvre's theory of right to the city in Tehran. By adopting a quantitative approach, implications and relevance of the framework and the concepts, as well as the possibility of adding gender as an effective independent variable to the framework will be investigated. The results from a sample of 168 men and women in all 22 municipalities of Tehran indicate that the theory is substantially relevant in Iranian society with a single exception of the concept of production of space. This could be a consequence of cultural-political differences in the concept of right and citizenship in different social contexts. Logistic regression analysis also shows that there are gender based differences in the realization of right to the city in Tehran. Women's enjoy less participation and appropriation in the city and gender plays an important role along with class in realization of right to the city.

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