globalization and social capital are two main concepts in modern sociology. the study of effects of women's social capital on their social participation is one of the critical areas in women's studies. in order to study women's social capital in globalization process, the writers selected 2200 women in the cities of tehran, shiraz and estahban in a random sense. the results show that cultural c...

   Physical self-concept or perception of physical self is one of the main factors and properties of perception of one’s identity, especially of the youth which has recently been the center of attention of experts in different branches of humanities and social sciences. In fact, perception of body can be considered one of the most important factors that inevitably influence many of our social r...

gender as one of the social and cultural determinant factors, affects many dimensions of women including their occupation and can affect  the types of male and female jobs. nowadays, gender segregation of jobs in iran is gradually being removed. nevertheless, social policy making in this subject needs scientific studies. it seems necessary to take advantage of qualitative methods. in this quali...

one of the main goals of designing urban space is that the urban public spaces provide a place for all age, employment and gender groups. designing an effective model for consolidation and the presence of actors as active citizens is not possible without identifying features and their needs. therefore, this study is conducted to evaluate the adaptation of urmia urban spaces to the needs of wome...

home business is one of the best fields of women's economic activity and considered as an important strategy for job creation, particularly for rural women. nonetheless many barriers avoid addressing rural women to these businesses. the main purpose of this study was to analyze the most important barriers for trends of rural women and girls to home businesses. the statistical population of...

Identity and collective memory is one of the fascinating subjects in modern sociology. In Iran, it arose again as modern and government-nation discourse emerged, and has been endlessly discussed since then. Such subjects have assumed an increasing importance due to the multi-cultural and multi-ethical existence of Iranian society and recent global developments. Accordingly, the present study ha...

in most of the literature, the presence of women in universities is associated with the issue of occupation. in clarifying and explaining this issue the theories of economists on human resources are, often, used. however this article focuses on other aspects of this phenomenon, and evaluates the social and cultural motives of girl’s entrance into universities. the main questions are that based ...