subject: social capital and its role in security (case study: lorestan province)

the issue of social capital is a concept which has been emerged in all economic, social, political and cultural aspects in recent years. this concept includes all interactions, relationships, cooperation, commitment and interest which have connected people of the society. having its role and social importance, it can influence security dimensions including economic, political, juridical and social-mental dimensions. the purpose of this study is the investigation of social capital status and security in lorestan province, as well as, evolution of correlation rate between social capital as an independent variable and security as the dependent variable. descriptive –correlative method was used for this survey research resulting in the role of social capital based on current attitudes, determined on three dimensions – structural , cognitive and communicative , has had effects on four aspect of security. the correlation rate between social capital and economic, political, social-mental and juridical aspect of security was 0.28, 0.23, 0.21 and 0.51, respectively. totally, correlative coefficient equal 0.63 indicates high correlation between social capital and security, and in fact, the considerable role of social capital in security