public participation in urban decision-making process is one of the main elements of a democratic system, which can help establish balance and harmony between different sections of the society. this paper mainly aims to study the effect of economic and social welfare on the degree of citizen participation in urban affairs. our main hypothesis emphasizes that there is a strong positive correlati...

in this study the relation between cultural development and social development in i an is studied with secondary analysis method. statistical data of this study is based on previous experimental researches, especially national survey of iranians cultural behaviors in 1378 and national surveys of iranians values and attitudes in 1379 and 1382. for measuring the cultural development, some element...

Three perspectives on the efficacy of social capital have been explored in the public health literature. A "social support" perspective argues that informal networks are central to objective and subjective welfare; an "inequality" thesis posits that widening economic disparities have eroded citizens' sense of social justice and inclusion, which in turn has led to heightened anxiety and compromi...

Theories of social justice applied to health care have typically focused on justifying health care (medicine and public health) as a special social good. Rationalizing greater equality in health care is typically the point of departure for most approaches to medical ethics, even those that include health assessment. In general, these approaches have paid relatively little attention to universal...