فهرست مطالب

Iranian International Journal Of Social Sciences
Volume:5 Issue: 3, Summer 2015

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1394/06/10
  • تعداد عناوین: 7
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  • Mehrdad Navabakhsh Pages 1-7

    Social anarchism sometimes referred to as socialist anarchism is generally considered tobe the branch of anarchism which sees individual freedom as being dependent upon mutual aid. Socialanarchist consideration generally emphasizes community and social equality. Society in the modernperiod is in a critical situation of not only economy and social system, but also in the remarkableaspects of the very existence of human beings. Unless one finds a reliable approach to prevailcalamity, its social life is bound to be lost. How did humankind fall into such a critical state -a statethat endangers its social life? The present study aims at exploring a chance to clarify the loss of socialidentity and the crisis beyond it.

    Keywords: individual, social anarchy, modern society
  • Vahid Zolfaghari *, Aliakbar Jafari Pages 9-19
    This article explores the intricate interrelationships between discourses on identity and themultiple processes associated with increasing globalization in the modern age. Globalization is notonly often exclusively associated with worldwide economic integration and the emergence of aborderless global market but also involves sweeping changes on the social, cultural and politicaldomains. Furthermore, it entails contradictory processes of homogenization and universalization onthe one hand and localization and differentiation on the other which has led to wide-ranging changesin the processes of identity formation. Fundamentally, discourses of identity are discussed onindividual, subnational, national, supranational and global levels. Attention is furthermore given tothe role of the media, information and communication technologies in these struggles and theimplications for policy-making within the media and communications sector. So, this paper is tryingto explore the interrelations of different levels of identity and measures its influence on the processesof policy-making.
    Keywords: Identity, Globalization, policy making, technology, diversity
  • Adel Abdollahi *, Valiollah Rostamalizadeh Pages 21-30
    Iran has experienced significant changes in the distribution of employed population of ruralareas in major professional categories in the years 1956 to 2006. Accordingly, it is important to studythe changes in occupational structure, factors influencing these changes, and their implications. Themethodology of this study is documentary and secondary analysis. Moreover, in order to explain whythe changes were made, the development plans before and after the Islamic Revolution wereexamined. Findings indicate that the number of workers in agricultural sector during the years 1956,1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006 was 74.3, 61.7, 58.9, 57.7, 49.75, and 43.94 percent, respectively.According to the statistics, there has been a gradual reduction of the number of workers in theagricultural sector. Results also show that the average age of workers in the agricultural sectorduring the years 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996 and 2006 was 34.3, 37.6, 40.4, 40.5, and 40 years,respectively. The results of documentary studies suggests that oil price upward spiraling followed bythe reduction of government’s dependence on agriculture, implementation of the Land Reform Planregardless of the social and cultural structure of the rural population on one hand, and, on the otherhand, the tendency of the governments before and after the Revolution towards mechanizedagriculture without the necessary scientific and practical background have been major factors in theirrational reduction of workers in the agricultural sector. Among the most important social andeconomic consequences of this situation are the aging of workforce employed in agriculture, thedecline of agricultural development, the growth of false occupations, and the development of oileconomy.
    Keywords: Iranian rural population, Development programs, occupational structure, Agricultural
  • Sujata Mukhopadhyay Pages 31-41

    Economic imbalances and social disparities are a common feature of developmenteconomies, particularly those which have historical antecedents of colonial rule. The study ofregional imbalances is given focus especially to Southeast Asian countries owing to its renewedimportance in the global order. Post independent India had to tackle with several problems at theoutset, regional imbalance and economic disparities being a major area. West Bengal, heralded asthe second best industrial area has faced steep decline in the last decade, owing to the three foldreasons of unplanned government measures, policies lacking vision, along with lack of an idealindustry friendly environment. The worst hit is the North 24 parganas Howrah belt, popularly knownas the industrial hub supplying heavy metals. There have been steep backwash effects after twodecades of spread effects in this region, which once saw many big scale industries, ancillaries,townships and infrastructure built around them. A case study of Jessop and Company Limited hasbeen done to exemplify the point analyzing the reasons for decline of Industries in WB, the regionaldisparities of the area vis-à-vis other regions, migration and the socio economic conditions of theJessop workers at present.

    Keywords: regional imbalance, unplanned government measures, backwash effects, spread effects, ancillaries, Jessop, Company ltd
  • Mohammad Motiee Pages 43-50

    Culture as the philosophy of life refers to the values, norms and rules, and actual behaviorwhich is taken over by man from the past generations, and to leave it to next generation in a differentform, separates individuals belonging to the culture from individuals belonging to other cultures.Each of these different attitudes describes the degree to which the culture values the past, the present,or the future. Cultures place emphasis on the events that have happened or will happen during theperiod that they view as important. In order to be able to describe and understand each of the involvedcultures in a specific intercultural situation, three dimensions of culture are worked with: 'thehorizontal cultural dimension'; 'the vertical cultural dimension' and 'the cultural dimension of time.

    Keywords: Culture, intercultural, Cross-cultural, communication, Functions
  • Azadeh Sedghijalal, Soroush Fathi * Pages 51-60

    Technologies and various media have affected social institutions such as family and causeshape changes in relationships within the family. One of the means of communication that are easilyand widely used in the household is Internet. With the entrance of media, especially the Internet tothe family, changes in personal, social, public and private relationships are occurred. The use ofsocial networks gets more and more popular day by day and it can be said that information technologyhas become an integral part of life. As social networks in diminish face-to-face relationship whichcan be especially seen in the relations between spouses. This study aims to evaluate the impact ofsocial networks on the couple's commitment with descriptive and analytical method. Because thesample in this study is in synchrony with the population, a sample of married couples working at theRed Cross, Social Security Organization and medical universities are selected by convenientsampling technique. Questionnaires are provided after their approval, the sample size is 300 persons.Results show that there is no significant difference in using social networks between genders. Thereis an indirect significant relationship between using social networks couples’ trust. There is anindirect significant relationship between using social networks couples’ commitment. There is a directsignificant relationship between using social networks couples’ dependence. Finally it can be saidthat despite the positive results of using social networks, they also have negative consequences suchas a kind of alienation called living alienation which is emerging. In other words self-alienated andalien self are occurring.

    Keywords: The virtual social networks, couples’ trust, couples’ commitment, couples’ dependence tonetworks
  • Aliasghar Tabavar Pages 61-73

    The purpose of this study is to find out if there is a relationship between parameter ofsegmentation and customer satisfaction, in order to find out the current parameter of segmentationin automobile industries In India researcher has gone through several published journal, books,magazines and companies data. The result shows that the most important factor for segmentation ofautomobile industries in India in the segmentation process is done largely on the bases of the producttype or the price range the product fits into. Considering this researcher did pilot study in order tofind out the real parameter of segmentation , the result shows that 13 parameters of segmentation hasmost effect on customer satisfaction ,they are :fuel efficiency, Convenience, After sale service,Durability, Value for Money, Style, Number of seats, Brand Name, Recommended, Previousexperience , Parking(size of vehicle), Advertising (TV, radio, newspaper etc) and Price. Based on thepurpose of this study researcher gone to find out whether there is any relationship between these 13parameter of segmentation and their effect on customer satisfaction, considering this, Sample hasbeen collected from 100 managers and 200 customers of automobile industries in Pune, during themonth of February 2012 to June 2012. The result shows that there is a significant relationshipbetween most of the parameter of segmentation and customer satisfaction, however the test furthershows some of the parameters on the segmentation does not have effective relationship with customersatisfaction. Managerial implications of these findings are briefly discussed.

    Keywords: segmentation, Customer Satisfaction, Automobile industries, Parameter of segmentation