in this study we tried to examine the role of participatory institutions in the local development by measuring the effect of social capital on the promotion of performance. our research sample was dehong's (a village in south of iran) islamic council. on the other hand it tries to evaluate effect of social capital on local development. the result of the study showed that some of social capital ...

the welfare policies and programs in the iran had started to establish modern state in iran since 1925.this paper deals with the relation between oil revenues and social welfare in iran before 1978(1357) revolution. why developmental activities within welfare policies and programs couldn’t maintain their stability and continuity? the bureaucrats and redefined groups were became the main target ...

social entrepreneurship will create innovative solutions to solve critical social problems and mobilize the ideas, capacities, resources and social regulations needed for social changes. development of social entrepreneurship will undoubtedly play an important role in economic development, but because of social challenges that entrepreneurs have to cope with, it needs regulatory policies. revie...

community participation, as one of the basic components of sustainable development in a community. this study aimed to determine patterns of community participation, identify factors associated with their social and civic engagement, and examine the relation between the factors and community engagement patterns. patterns of citizen participation were determined in social and civic engagements. ...

background: social health is considered as a significant dimension of health and, hence, its assessment is vital in health planning. within this context, this study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale for measuring individual’s social health in iran. to do so, an exploratory sequential mixed method was used. methods: to establish the item pool and primary scale, 30 interviews with exper...

Abstract Human development and the importance of focusing on women’s participation has become one of the main concerns and issues attracting the attention of many people. In fact, many gender-related models and patterns have been proposed in this regard. Accordingly, this paper is an attempt to evaluate the effects of development process on women’s participation in Iran using an econometrics ...