This study was made to provide sociological explanation about social honesty effect on political participation. Since our community has undergone many changes during the time and considering that it has been changing from traditional society to a modern community, there is necessary need to have enough knowledge and recognition in context of quantity and quality of political participation more ...

background: as key determinants of many favorable health and quality of life outcomes, it is important to identify factors associated with mobility and social participation. although several investigations have been carried out on mobility, social participation and neighborhood environment, there is no clear integration of these results. this paper presents a scoping study protocol that aims to...

We analyze the extent to which mayors and council members direct block grant funds to individuals and communities in need and whether the decisions of these officials are shaped by political considerations. We motivate our analysis by proposing a model in which an elected official has a fixed budget of grant funds and preferences over both redistributive policy and winning re-election. Our mode...

In Brazil there are social articulations to identify demands on different issues from the public interest and the State in general to propose public policies. In this scenario, we discuss the concepts related to the dynamics of social participation that involves formal and informal channels, in particular on the e-Participation. In this paper, it is proposed a Social Participation Ontology base...

Social participation is associated with healthy aging, and although associations have been reported between social participation and demographics, no published studies have examined a relationship between social participation and measures amenable to intervention. The purpose was to explore the association between self-reported social participation and lower extremity strength, balance, and gai...

the present study examined the role of social capital on financial performance of farming cooperatives in khouzestan province. the method of research was descriptive- correlative. the population consisted of 3273 members of farming cooperatives. based on cochran formula, 213 persons were selected. the survey was conducted using a questionnaire. content validity of the questionnaire was determin...

the purpose of this study was to determine factors influencing people participation in rural reclamations plans.the research method was descriptive-correlation and data collected using questionnaire. statistical population of the research comprised 3400 villagers at hoveize county. 246 members was randomly selected using cochran formula and applying random sampling method. validity of the instr...

political participation is considered to be one of the major indicators of development. women as a part of the human capitals of every society can play a determinant role in running the country with their political participation. the purpose of the research is to examine some of the factors affecting the rate of political participation of women in the society. research method in the investigati...

The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) was created 15 years ago with the aim of promoting universal access to health care. This study analyzes the content of social representations by health professionals from Rio de Janeiro concerning the system's implementation. The study was based on social representation and social memory theory and was conducted in five health care institutions with 100...