The main questions of paper are what are indicators of social development? What is the weight of each of the selected social development indices with weights valuation (entropy), based on 2007 data in Iran? How is rating of social development indicators based on the weight of them in Iran's provinces and what is the relationship between the scores of social capital and social development s...

Today, with the development of urbanization and increased abnormal behaviors, particularly urban crimes, prevention of social harms is of great importance. Social Sciences and Urban Development can prevent crime in urban areas by understanding cultural and social traits alongside other actions, in a way that the wrongdoer finds less opportunity for acting a criminal behavior in urban areas. The...

The economists and social scientists of the 20th century were very much concerned with the clarification of the observed differences among countries in terms of economic development. But even later, with the introduction of advanced analytical instruments, the above-mentioned task was not realized. Moreover, the professionals who were practically involved with the development projects came to t...

Objective: Now days,Social capital or social and spiritual dimensions of health are under attention of social and behavioral scientists. Social capital persuades individuals to collaborate and coordinate in societal interactions, to become able to solve their problems and reduce risk taking behavior within the society. The aim of this article is determining the relationship between social c...

Social capital has recently turned into an outstanding subject in development literature and considering its socio-economic and political implications in our country, and Iran’s 20-year vision document has required its improvement. One of the crucial issues of social capital is its formation and developments whose understanding appears a must and prerequisite to improve it. A brief glance at Ir...

Objectives: This paper investigates the relationship between social capital and collective action in some rural areas of Fars province and at the same time study determining factors affecting the social capital formation. Method: This research was carried out with survey method in the 12 villages of Fars province and selected a sample of 509 head of households. Findings: among indicators o...

Background and purpose: The major goal of this research is to study the relationship between social capital and development management in Islamic Azad University, Sari branch. There are four special aims that investigate the relation between social partnership, social cohesion, social confidence and development management; and the power of anticipating of development management by dimensions of...