extended abstract 1. introduction one of the important aspects of sustainable social development is the use of the concept of social capital in its social term. in fact, social capital is a key to the establishment of civil society and civic life. disruption of social relations in the city, urbanization, increase in the migration from rural to urban areas and cultural, social and economic diver...

this paper aims to study the relationship between social capital and culture of citizenship as key elements of social sciences.  in the recent decades, the variables such as social cooperation, solidarity, trust and awareness have been discussed by sociologists as the fundamental factors of social capital and the values and norms of citizenship. thus, the current research aims at specifying the...

BACKGROUND Although social capital as a key determinant of health has been well established in various studies, little is known about how lifestyle factors mediate this relationship. Understanding the cross-relationships between social capital, health, and lifestyle factors is important if health promotion policies are to be effective. The purpose of this study is to explore whether different d...

BACKGROUND Smoking prevalence across high-income countries such as the United Kingdom has significantly decreased over the past few decades; this decrease, however, has not occurred uniformly across social strata. The highest concentrations of smokers are currently found in lower-income groups. Lack of access to material resources and differing social norms have been cited as possible causes of...

the objective of the present research is to study the effect of the social capital on the competitive behavior of the companies with the applied nature. the research method is descriptive-analytic and has a correlational type.the statistical population of the research includes sixty managers of the food industry companies in hamedan. the statistical sample of the research includes fifty two man...

In developed countries, the largest share of food is wasted at household level. Household waste results from a complex interaction between economic factors, well-established routines, and social norms. To explain this interaction, we propose simple model behavior where individual costs generated by wasting are counterbalanced security status through acquiring excess food, thus causing dilemma. ...