Editorial
Susan
Bastani
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Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
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Editorial
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Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24454_d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.pdf
Global Sociology, Live
Michael
Burawoy
Professor of sociology, University of California, Berkeley, and president of the International Sociological
Association
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Laleh
Behbehanian
A doctoral candidate in sociology, University of California, Berkeley
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In the paper we grapple with the difficult question of the meaning ofglobal sociology. Guided by the ideas of Antonio Gramsci and Polanyi,we define sociology as the study of "society" from the standpoint of civilsociety. Global sociology, therefore, is the study of global capitalism andits political orders from the standpoint of an emergent global civilsociety. In an attempt to avoid the particular masquerading as theuniversal we organized lectures by distinguished sociologists located indifferent places in the planet to explore (1) the nature of neoliberalcapitalism, (2) the logic of nation states and their relation to globalpolitical order, and (3) the possible emergence of a global civil societythat might counter the expansion of markets
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24455_0758801137a0d3adcb907230d1c5befb.pdf
Religious Orientation and Marital Satisfaction
Mohammad
Taghi Iman
Department of Sociology and Social Planning, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Fars, Iran
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Abdol-ali
Lahsaeizadeh
Department of Sociology and Social Planning, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Fars, Iran
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Zahra
YadaliJamaloei
Department of Sociology and Social Planning, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Fars, Iran
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This study investigates the relationship between religious orientation and marital satisfaction among married women who live in Najafabad and Fuladshahr, Isfahan, Iran. 757 women (381 respondents in Najafabad and 376 in Fuladshahr) married for at least 3 years answered both itemized questions about their religious orientations and their marital satisfaction. Results revealed that participants with higher levels of religious orientation reported higher levels of marital satisfaction. The present study sheds light on several aspects of family life cycle theory. These results suggest that religious orientation is linked, in theoretically predictable ways, to marital satisfaction.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24456_98ea8841e61e8779983fdad23c137df2.pdf
Study of Gender Discrimination in the Children’s Story Books during 1380 to 1385
Jahangir
Jahangiri
Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Shiraz University
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Habib
Ahmadi
Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Shiraz University
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Hamid
Khoojani
M.A. of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Shiraz University
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Children’s Story Books have an important role in conveying the culture, values, gender roles, and socialization of children. Therefore, ways of representing men and women have a special importance in these books, and authors of such stories, consciously or unconsciously, can convey various patterns and stereotypes to the society through such stories and their attention to the selection of the content of story. As a result, this paper tries to examine gender discrimination in the storybooks published by The Center of Child and Adolescent Mental Education during 2001-2006 (1380-1385). In this study, gender discrimination in the story books has been studied based on 4 levels: 1. males' and females' social relations, 2. males' and females' activities, 3. males' and females' socio-affective behaviors, and 4. Gender discrimination in qualities, demonstratives and ironies. Also have been taken into account issues such as level of occupation, job activities, training activity of the child, socio-political activities, leisure time activities, risk-taking, and adventurous activities, positive and negative feelings, the character’s strong and weak points, resistance against pressure, demonstratives, and ironies. The study uses Michel’s theory of gender discrimination as the theoretical framework. Sampling and statistical societies are the same, including 36 titles of the books described in the form of 82 stories. To gather information, documentary technique was used. Its value was secured through studying and evaluation of Michel’ theory as well as discussion and exchange of ideas with experts of the field. In addition, content analysis method was used to conduct the study. The results of the study showed that gender discrimination exists in all four levels in the story books studied in this research. In addition, women are depicted in an inferior place in comparison with men.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24457_142edbcd55ba6da0926451ce09008746.pdf
A Study on The Relationship between Cultural Capital and Female Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Gender Discrimination
Seyed Ziya
Hashemi
Assistant Prof of Sociology, Theran University
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Majeed
Movaehd
Associated Prof of Sociology, Shiraz University
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Mahbobeh
Pirzoan
M.A. of Women Studies, Theran University
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This research tries to find the relationship between cultural capital and female teachers' attitudes towards gender discrimination. In this study, 600 female teachers from different zones of Shiraz were studied through a survey. Bourdieu’s theory considers gender discrimination in relation to different kinds of capitals among them cultural capital is considered thoroughly in this research. Cultural capital is measured by indexes such as educational level, participation in art-cultural communities, using cultural products, amount of studying, fields of sport, amount of using media, etc.
The research findings indicate that those who own more cultural capitals own more negative attitudes toward gender discrimination. Among the variables studied, marital situation and field of study had some meaningful relations with the dependant variable. In the logistical regression analysis with many variables performed by a step by step advancing technique, six other variables had the chance of intruding in the model, i.e. amount of using media, religiousness, sort of sport, class, field of education and the degree of familiarity with foreign languages. Among these variables, religiousness, class, and familiarity with foreign languages have the capability of predicting the changes of dependant variables directly. In other words, they explain most of the variance in the dependant variable.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24458_82f3f294a68d5154d7a00418a7c86a0b.pdf
Social Capital and Women's Attitudes towards Gender Inequalities in Shiraz, Iran
Halimeh
Enayat
Associated Prof. of Sociology-Shiraz University
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Bijan
Khajehnoory
Assistant Prof. of Sociology-Shiraz University
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Narjes
Narei
MA of Women Studies-Shiraz University
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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between social capital and the women’s attitude towards gender inequalities. The attitude towards gender inequalities has been studied in six different aspects as follows: social and political participation, employment and labor market, family, civil and legal rights, and gender stereotypes. Social capital is divided into three levels: out-of-group, intra-group and communal. Pierre Bourdieu’s and resources theory are theoretical framework. Social survey (using a questionnaire) is the research method in data collection and data analysis. The Sample consists of 600 women aged 20 and over, living in Shiraz. Measured attitude towards gender inequalities showed that most respondents (54.7%) had high and average gender inequalities. inequality in civil and legal rights showed the highest rate of inequality. The measurement of the social capital showed that only 17.3% of respondents had high social capital. The relationship between social capital and the attitude towards gender inequalities was positive. Findings of the study indicate that there is a signifivant relationship between women’s education, their employment status, job type, husband's education, and the number of their children and the dependent variable (the attitude towards gender inequalities).
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24459_89c5e4d27ea7f8a3cfa9668ffc591250.pdf
Gender Differences and Socio-Cultural Factors Contributing to The Youth’s Tendency towards Watching Pornography
Asghar
Mirfardi
Associate Professor of Sociology, Yasouj University
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Ali
Kazemi
Assistant Professor of English Language, Yasouj University
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The present study investigates the problem of youths’ tendency to watch pornography. The objective was to investigate the gender differences and some socio-cultural factors which contribute to the youth’s tendency to watch pornographic films. The research method was a survey and the data of the study was gathered through administering a questionnaire. The target population was the youth aged between 15-25 in Gachsaran city, Iran. Using Cochran formula, we chose 384 participants as the sample. Clustering random sampling was carried out and the data was analyzed using SPSS software. For testing the hypotheses, t-tests and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient were used. According to the results of the t-test, there was a significant differences between men and women according to dependent varable, and there was significant relationship between friendly relationships (as independent variable) and the tendency to watch pornography (dependant variable). Based on the results of Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient Test, there was a significant relationship between the variables of age, Internet use, religious beliefs, and leisure time as independent variables and the tendency to watch pornography as the dependent variable. Multiple regression analysis showed that independent variables (Internet use, religious beliefs, age, friendly relationship, and leisure time), totally, determined 32.6 percent of dependent variable variances. This coefficient was 34.01 percent for men and 31.12 percent for women.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24460_de4ed546bd8ed61e4769cd4150bac667.pdf
Spatial Differences of Socio-Economic Indices among Divorced Population of Fars Province
(Case Study; Divorced Population in 2006 Census)
Ali
Goli
Assistant professor, Sociology & Social Planning Department, Social Science Faculty, Shiraz University
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Seyed Saeid
Zahed
Associate Professor, Sociology & Social Planning Department, Social Science Faculty, Shiraz University
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The upward trend of divorce rate in Iran, has urged officials, researchers and sociologists to investigate this issue and it’s affecting factors. Based on the documents of Iranian Statistical Center (ISC), there has been a raise in divorce/marriage ratio from 7.9 per houndred in 1996 to 12.3 in 1999 and 16.3 in 2006 (ISC,2010).
The present study, focusing on the socio-economic indices of the divorced population in Fars province, picks up a different view from that of other studies conducted in this field. This article tries to identify the relationship and rules applicable to personal and employment variables among divorced population using data mining and spatial data analysis techniques. The data investigated in this study include a sample of 370 divorced individuals from the total divorced population of 21601 in Fars, who have declared themselves “without marriage partner due to divorce” in the census 2006. The sample members are both male and female from all 24 counties of Fars province.
The results showed that, the raise of employment and educational level of women in urban areas is realted to increase in the percentages of divorced women. On the county, low education, unemployment, and place of work are significant factors among divorced men. An investigation on the spatial distribution pattern of divorced men and women in cities and rural area indicates that the formation of neighboring spans of divorced population in cities significantly are located in the central region of the province, and in villages which mostly are located in south, southeast and north of the province.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24461_fbbb2dec4efec0d297a142268fb22cea.pdf
Socioeconomic Status, Control Process and Violent Delinquency (A Study of Male High School Students of Ahvaz City)
Seyed Abdolhossein
Nabavi
Associate Professor, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
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Alihossein
Hoseinzade
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
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Hedayat
Nasiri
PhD student in Sociology at Yasouj University
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In spite of vast empirical research concerning violent delinquency, researchers have not paid enough attention to the relationship between structural and control theories. This paper focuses on the structural and control theories and tries to combine these approaches to explain the aforesaid issues. Accordingly, self-report questionnaires were used in a sample of 400 male students in Ahwaz, which were chosen via multistage cluster method of sampling. The results showed that supervision, attachment and self-control mediate between socioeconomic status (SES) and violent delinquency. Supervision and attachment, in their own accord, had direct and indirect effect, via self-control, on violent delinquency.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24463_0eba5a73019ea4732678f79cb97ae054.pdf
Capital Inequality in Urban Women of Fars Province
Mahrokh
Rajabi
Assistant professor, Department of Sociology & Social Planning, Shiraz University
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Esfandiar
Ghafarinasab
Assistant professor, Department of Sociology & Social Planning, Shiraz University
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The aim of this study is to examine factors that create capital (cultural, economic, and social) inequality for women in Fars province, Iran. Based on Bourdieu's theory as the theoretical frame and using survey as our research method, we developed a questionnaire to collect data. The sample consists of 1340 women in the urban areas of Fars province. We examined residence place, birthplace, age, marriage status, employment status, women's ethnicity as well as the ethnicity of their husbands and parents, and, finally, their parents' and husbands' education to study capital inequality. Findings show that there is no significant difference between social capital of women by birthplace and parents' education. Also, there is no significant difference between economic and cultural capitals of women according to residence place, ethnicity of women and their husbands.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24462_754dfb8def1cabcb614816af23f09954.pdf
An Investigation of Relationship between Organizational Inequity Perception and Work Ethics
Siroos
Ahmadi
Associate Professor of Sociology, Yasouj University
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This research has investigated the relationship between organizational inequity perception and work ethic among employees of Islamic Azad University as the largest private organization in Iran. The research method is cross-sectional survey and the population includes all of the personnel of Islamic Azad Universities in Fars, Boushehr and Kohgiloye-Boyer Ahmad provinces. A sample of 481 respondents was drawn using simple random sampling method. The measurement tool was a questionnaire, including two scales. Construct-related validity was established through factor analysis and reliability was measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Descriptive research findings show that the personnel have a moderate work ethic, and that the perception of organizational inequity is high among the employees. The inferential findings show that there is a significant negative relationship between organizational inequity perception and work ethic. In other words, with an increase in organizational inequity perception there is a decrease in work ethic. The inferential findings also show that from among demographic variables, only age and job history have a significant relationship with work ethic. The prediction of the work ethic, based on the sum of independent variables, using multivariate regression analysis shows that only organizational inequity perception is the predictor of the work ethic, which can explain 0.089 of the variance of the work ethic.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24464_666544eab06d134e75dd54837f33f3c5.pdf
Generational Differences in Values of Sabzevari Residents
Hossein
Ghodrati
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Research Center of Geography and Social Studies, Hakim Sabzevari University
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Aliyar
Ahmadi
Assistant Professor of Demography, Department of Sociology and Social Planning, Shiraz University
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This paper aims at comparing family value orientations of two generations aged 18-35 and 36-55. Through cluster sampling, 398 married individuals were randomly selected to participate in the study in Sabzevar city. Results indicate that there is a significant relationship between generation and family values with the older generation being more conservative of family values. The result of multiple regression analysis shows that the three independent variables of sex, education, and generation used in the model explain 32 percent of the variance in the dependent variable. It means that women with higher levels of education and members of younger generation are more liberal in their value orientations. These findings show that new generations accept more gender equity values in families. Gender is the most important predictor of value orientations, and education as an achieved feature has a great impact on the acceptance of new values.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24465_bec5a6c0ebcf9d2fb64cf12c88c3f06c.pdf
Social Gaps Affecting the Political Space of Two Decades after the Islamic Revolution of Iran
Jalal
Derakhsheh
Associate professor of Imam Sadiq University
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Mansoor
Tabiee
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Planning, Shiraz University
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This survey aims to investigate the main social gaps in Iran including ethnical gap, class gap and old/modern gap. After investigating these gaps, we will review their functions over 20 years. These gaps appeared at the beginning of the establishment of Islamic republic of Iran; however, with the outbreak of war, the ethnical and class gaps were inactive approximately. Meanwhile, the traditional/modern gap was prevalent among the politicians. After the war, the class gap appeared because of the economic policies affecting poor classes of the society. This gap led to the success of politicians. Moreover, the traditional/modern gap increased under the influence of cultural changes.
This survey explores the social gaps which formed the political conditions over two decades after the establishment of the Islamic revolution of Iran. These gaps make the internal interests of the society active and increase the political challenges and conflicts. Therefore, understanding the performance of these gaps can explain political activities in Iran including elections.
Journal of Iranian Social Studies
انجمن جامعه شناسی ایران
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http://www.jss-isa.ir/article_24466_6d469a3b188aa63facbf203de08ddd26.pdf