Journal of Applied Sociology
Year:2019 | Volume:30 | Issue:2 (74)|Papers Count:9

Introduction The relationship between culture and economy or in the other words, economic culture is one of the most important issues of contemporary economic sociology. In recent decades, due to the tax system deficiencies that are largely rooted in cultural affairs, tax culture and its related factors attract the attention of economists and economic and financial sociologists. In this regard, the present study considering the tax culture as a construction that has a meaning for taxpayers and this meaning has the ability of forming, continuity and change. This research sought to rummage the meaning system of taxpayers about the tax and then present the grounded theory of tax culture to determine the coordinates of tax culture, assign weight and size of its related factors and present a sociological explanation of tax culture and its related factors...

Introduction Religion as an important social institution plays significant roles in the society. According to Auguste Comte, religion is human need, because it is a factor of unity, altruism and legitimacy. Max Weber mentions institution of religion as a community leader, and É mile Durkheim believes religion has function for societies (Nayebi and Azadarmaki, 2007). This institution has knitted to all parts of people's life in society of Iran and has led to significant evolution such as Islamic revolution in 1979 (Taleban and Rafieibehabadi, 2010). Also, a hard attempt has been done in order to develop religiosity in Iran especially among youth (Tajbakhsh and Mousavi, 2014). So, this study is trying to investigate the rate of religiosity and related factors among university students of Mazandaran with six questions: How is the rate of religiosity among university students of Mazandaran?...

Introduction Environmental concern is increasing around the world. Environmental concerns, appears as auras to change the behavior, so that the study of environmental concern for the environmental behavior of people is very important. Some researchers have environmental concerns as an assessment or attitude of the facts, behavior or conduct oneself treat others with implications for the environment. Currently, environmental concerns are as one of the aspects of environmental attitudes. This specifically refers to those who are concerned about environmental issues. Success in the subject requires environmental protection programs, recognition of the different aspects of human behavior and the factors affecting it...

Introdution Electoral behavior is time-based, place-based, and context-based. In the way that voters' behavior varies from one constituency to another and from one election to another. In recent years, the participation of voters in provinces with social tribalism context were high in the Islamic Consultative Assembly election, with the Boyer Ahmad constituency being among the constituencies where voters have a high degree of participation. Many scholars associated this area with the social context and the hegemony of the tribal sub-discourse. In the present research, the question is whether this sub-discourse has lost its hegemony and has fallen into disrepair or still remains strong?...

Introduction. Political participation is one of the most important signs of political development, which its quality and format differs from society to society. The realization of institutionalization and political participation requires the preparation of the psycho-social, cultural, economic and political conditions of each society. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of effective social and cultural factors, such as media, associations, social networks and friendship groups, on the political participation of students in political and party organizations. Quantitative and qualitative studies have shown that modern and classical media have been influential in political parties and political and civil formations. Today, modern communication and information technologies are considered as the driving engine of political, economic and cultural globalization and the spread of democracy...

Introduction Death is a complex fact which is interdisciplinary studied by sciences and knowledges such as sociology, biology, psychology, history, philosophy, psychoanalysis, mythology, theology, and medicine. One of the thanatophobia reasons is, its unknown and ambiguity. Major purpose this article is, The typology of the Image of death and understanding phenomenon of death among Guilan Province citizens...

Introduction The metropolitan areas of Iran are on the verge of being overwhelmed by the marginalized neighborhood. Unless the preventive measures are taken, the marginalized areas will soon take over urban ones. During the last century, Isfahan has had the highest level of industrialization and the most rapid rate of population growth. This exorbitant amount of industrialization and urbanization without considering urbanism and sustainable development contributed to the creation of super wicked neighborhoods. In simple words, the notion of super wicked neighborhoods refers to the parts of the city with plenty of social pathologies including violent crimes and a low level of security. Along with these issues, other negative factors such as poverty, unemployment, worn-out textures and limited service and welfare facilities have contributed to the lack of hope for improving their conditions...