Do adversarial environmental conditions create social cohesion? We provide new answers to this question by exploiting spatial and temporal variation in exposure to earthquakes across Chile. Using a variety of methods and controlling for a number of socio-economic variables, we find that exposure to earthquakes has a positive effect on several indicators of social cohesion. Social cohesion incre...

This research studies the effect of family, and other social institutions on the attitudes of the youth of Noushahr and Chalous in drug addiction. A Sample of 1200 boys and girls were randomly chosen through a quessionare (Alpha %84) the data (gathered and the results) show that there is a significant difference among young addicted persons specially including their attitudes towards family, p...

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...

renewable natural resources are national capital and are of paramount importance in each country. preservation and developing these resources is incumbent upon relevant institutions and all people especially the beneficiaries. in this regard, various approaches have been recommended for optimum use and sustainable preservation of natural resources especially rangelands among which co-management...

Learning and teaching processes, like all human activities, are mediated through the use of tools. Information and Communication Technologies are now widespread within education. Their use in the daily life of teachers and learners affords engagement with educational activities at any place and moment and not necessarily linked to an institution or a certificate. In the absence of formal certif...

Learning and teaching processes, like all human activities, can be mediated through the use of tools. Information and communication technologies are now widespread within education. Their use in the daily life of teachers and learners affords engagement with educational activities at any place and time and not necessarily linked to an institution or a certificate. In the absence of formal certi...

Sen lists five types of freedoms as integral to equipping people with necessary capabilities. He goes on to assert the importance of institutions in ensuring these five freedoms. In this paper, this emphasis on institutions as vehicles for capability-creation is re-interpreted from the perspective of a segmented society with multiple institutions. It argues that innovatively designed local leve...