Social Capital & Quality of Life

ISBN-13: 9783848437771 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str.

Nazmohammad Ounagh; Abdul Matin; Mohammad Onagh

Opis

This Study deals with a comparative study of social capital's impact on quality of life in Delhi and Tehran. It aims to identify significant difference in impact of social capital on quality of life in both societies. This study also aims to get optimum combination of social capital's cognitive and structural elements which have significant relationship with quality of life for both societies. In order to conduct this research, positivist methodology and deductive logic of inquiry have been employed. Furthermore, survey method along with GIS has been used to conduct the research. As material a Household Schedule Interview Form and a GPS device have been used for collecting the subjective and spatial data. To generate, analyze and obtain the operational model for social capital and quality of life in both societies, statistical and geographical multiple analysis methods have been used. As result multiple regressions indicate that in both societies there is a significant relationship between social capital and quality of life and null hypothesis is rejected for both societies. In addition, there is a significant difference in impact of social capital on quality of life in both Delhi.

O autorze

Dr.Nazmohammad Ounagh has obtained his PhD degree in Sociology in 2011. Along with his study in bachelor, Master, and PhD he has worked in various research projects in the field of Sociology and Anthropology. He is a member of Iranian Sociological Association. He has participated in various international conferences and has published some articles.