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The Measurement of Social Capital in Tehran

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  • Malihe Shiani

    (Department of Social Planning Welfare, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)

  • MirTaher Mousavi

    (Social Welfare Management Research Center, University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran)

  • Hanan Zare

    (Department of Social Planning Welfare, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran..)

Abstract

This paper examines the dimensions of social capital in Tehran. The data were collected by means of questionnaire. 2400 residents of Tehran were selected by stratified sampling who were over 15 years old. The theories of scholars such as Pierre Bourdieu, James Coleman, and Robert Putnam in definition of social capital are applied. Social capital has been studied in five aspects including associational relationship, norms and social trust, social bonding and interpersonal trust, social cohesion and social support. Almost in all dimensions, social capital was medium and also the sum scale of it indicated that the rate of social capital in Tehran is medium.

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  • Malihe Shiani & MirTaher Mousavi & Hanan Zare, 2017. "The Measurement of Social Capital in Tehran," Iranian Economic Review (IER), Faculty of Economics,University of Tehran.Tehran,Iran, vol. 21(2), pages 431-447, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:eut:journl:v:21:y:2017:i:2:p:431
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