Sociological explanation of the effect of social capital on economic development of Hormozgan province
Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studiesmohammad ashineh 1 , soroush fathi 2 , Tahmoures Shiri 3 , Hedayat Allah Nikkhah 4
1 - PhD student in Sociology, Economics and Development, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch
2 - Department of social science, Islamic azad university, Tehran branch.
3 - Member of faculty . Islamic azad university central Tehran branch
4 - Department of social science, University of Hormozgan
Keywords: macro social capital, micro social capital, medium social capital, Economic Development, Hormozgan,
Abstract :
Considering the importance of social capital in recent decades and its influential role on economic development, the purpose of this study is to explain the sociological impact of social capital on economic development in Hormozgan province. The statistical population of the present study includes 13 cities of Hormozgan province that the sample size is the total number of cities.The method of data collection was through secondary analysis and the use of existing data in the Management and Planning Organization of Hormozgan Province. To review economic development data, statistical yearbooks and to measure the amount of social capital and its indicators, land management data of Hormozgan province have been used and data analysis using software spss is done.To measure economic development, four indicators of employment rate, unemployment, economic participation and barter have been used. The results show that Bandar Lengeh has the highest level of economic development and Abu Musa and Minab have the lowest level of development. In addition, based on inferential statistics, it can be said that there is an inverse relationship between social capital and economic development; That this inverse relationship is due to strong links between the cities under study; And according to the theory of weak links, intra-group links lead to underdevelopment.
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