Social Capital as a Communicative Paradigm

Analysis and Assessment of Communicative Action Indicators and Variables; a Case of Tehran city, Iran

While there are a wide variety of studies about communicative action theory of Habermas, there is the need for building of indicators and variables for quantitative methods of assessing this concept in a particular case study. Especially as the development of communicative action theory has created new perspectives in urban planning, it is necessary to assess and promote this concept in cities ...

Noospheric Psychological-Educational Paradigm as a Methodological Basis for Teaching Russian-Language Business Communication to Foreign Students

In the context of the polyparadigmatic system of higher education, the noospheric psychological-pedagogical paradigm is considered, on its basis a lingvodidactic model is developed for the formation of professional-communicative competence (PCC) in Russian-language business communication among foreign students. The research focuses on the basic principles of the noospheric paradigm, which procl...

Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action and the Theory of Social Capital

A Communicative Approach to Social Capital

This article advances a communicative approach to social capital that views communication as the fundamental source of societal integration. We contend that integration occurring at the system level via news consumption and at the individual level via interpersonal discussion is amplified through ties at the community level. This cross-level interaction is theorized to encourage civic engagemen...

بررسی رابطه بین سرمایه اجتماعی و سلامت روانی، مورد مطالعه: دانشجویان دانشکده علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه شیراز

Within the framework of a country's development and besides the other types of capitals (natural, human and material), social capital could be regarded as both the input and output of development. In the economy of the underdeveloped countries, social capital has been called as the missing link of development. Due to the impact of social capital on the different aspects of human lives and their...