Iranian Journal of Sociology
Year:2006 | Volume:7 | Issue:2|Papers Count:8

This article examines the impact of some relevant contextual and attitudinal variables on gender egalitarian attitudes. Such an examination is based on assumptions that due to the recent socioeconomic changes, gender division of domestic and social roles is being faced with new functional necessities, and that under the influence of modern intellectual movements the traditional division of gender roles encounter great challenges. Our investigation is carried out through a secondary analysis of data provided by a survey method research on attitudes and behavior of university students. The sample of the study included 1522 male and female students of 21 non-medical universities throughout Iran. The measure of gender egalitarian attitude was developed based on domestic and social roles. The data reveal that students are, to a great extent, inclined toward modern egalitarian attitudes of the division of gender roles. In this regard, however, they still hold on to traditional views, in some respects. Regarding the association between egalitarian attitudes and the examined independent variables, females are more egalitarian than males.There is also a positive relationship between egalitarian attitudes and socioeconomic status, adoption of the residential area, development of intellectual tolerance, and political reformism, while religiosity had a negative relationship with independent variable.

Migration as an example of place and space consumption has increasingly turned into a strategy for filling up life chances among the youth and particularly among the young elites. By opting for migration young people promote their cultural and human capital and preserve their distinction.Drawing on qualitative interviews of 35 young elites studying in major Tehran universities and influenced by the theory of reflexive modernity, the present paper aims to clarify meanings, interpretations and importance of migration behavior seen in youth identity and lifestyles. The findings strongly support the impact of globalization process and cosmopolitan values on this group.Similarly, on a personal level, tendencies to maintain personal lifestyles and to promote professional and educational skills are among the major motives explaining migration.

This is a survey-method research which attempts to analyze the impact of the satellite channels usage on gender identity. The theory of use and gratification and Jenkins's theory of social identity have been utilized to explain the relationship between the satellite usage and gender identity. A questionnaire was used in high schools of Tehran's educational district No. 5. A multi-stage cluster sampling method with the sample size of 417 persons was employed.The results show that %85 of the respondents had a satellite receiver at home and used it. The test of hypothesis shows that there is a relationship between the existence of a satellite receiver at home and gender identity. Those having such reception equipment at home gained a lower grade in gender identity construct which is indicative of change of behaviors and attitudes towards newly emerging patterns and tendencies. Such a relationship is verified upon investigating the influence of amount of use on gender identity. The motivation for use, played the most important role in defining the dependent variable when all variables were entered in a path analysis model, whereas variables of family status, extent of satellite use, and type of available medium had the lowest defining role.

The present research was carried out in "Zarrin Dasht" rural district located within the suburbs of Darreh Shahr County in the spring of 2004. This is a survey-method research, aiming at reaching a sociological understanding of factors influencing farmers' tendency to participate in integration of the agricultural land, and also probing into the question of determining socio-economic factors affecting landed farmers to participate in the scheme.Upon testing the research's hypotheses it was determined that the variables of literacy, the availability of job opportunities, the extent of land ownership, group membership, people's trust in one another, people's trust in the state, and motivational factors have significant relationship with the dependent variable which is the extent to which the farmers are willing to participate in integration of the agricultural land. Having gathered the data, SPSS 11 software was used for data processing.

Industrial development and technological progress have created a foundation for change in Asalouyeh; Le. A rural community is being turned into an industrial and urban society. Such a process of change has caused a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, Asalouyeh has great potentialities; on the other hand, its traditional pattern of life and communication has been greatly disrupted by the process of industrialization, causing many social problems. The present paper is a qualitative research which attempts to offer a theoretical framework for explaining social problems and deviance in Asalouyeh.

This paper is derived from a philosophical analysis of concept of democracy. The purposes of the paper are to explain the concept, dimensions, and scope of democracy. Accordingly, some viewpoints of democracy have been discussed in the study. Moreover, dimensions, assumptions and conditions of democracy have been examined. Deductive reasoning, as a research method, has been used for these purposes. The issues prompt the researcher to interpret that decreasing participation of people in the governmental affairs does not mean that they do not believe in democracy, but that they believe that the quality of the politician is controversial.