in recent decades, persian language dialects are also changing along with the language itself. so, recording the social characteristics of these dialects is of great importance. the results of these studies can be used in social and educational policies, language planning and comparative studies of dialectology. the writers of this article study the social characteristics of family and gender e...

To be effective, criminal justice policies should affect the underlying social norms for which the policies were enacted. This study sought to determine whether public perceptions of criminal justice policies on domestic violence affected social norms. Two waves of data were collected via a telephone survey where a random probability sample of 973 residents was drawn from 4 communities. A struc...

background health is a complex phenomenon that can be studied from different approaches. despite a growing research in the areas of social determinants of health (sdh) and health equity, effects of macroeconomic policies on the social aspect of health are unknown in developing countries. this study aimed to determine the effect of macroeconomic policies on increasing of the social-health inequa...

Can smart containment policies crowd out private efforts at social distancing? We analyse this question from the perspective of network formation theory. focus in particular on role externalities distancing choices. also look how these choices are affected by factors such as agents’ risk perception, speed policy intervention, structure underlying and presence strategic complementarities. argue ...