ali rabiee; zahra zakerinasrabadi; nasrin ghalani
Abstract
Identifying the providing factors of common identity in the areas of immigration is essential to prevent multiplicity of identity and cultural conflict. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of three types of social capital – bonding, bridging and linking- on the construction of social ...
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Identifying the providing factors of common identity in the areas of immigration is essential to prevent multiplicity of identity and cultural conflict. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of three types of social capital – bonding, bridging and linking- on the construction of social and national identity in the immigrants. Population is all of the 15 to 45 years old immigrants who have migrated to "Shahinshahr", one of the immigrants absorber cities in Isfahan. 150 of those were selected by stratified sampling and were studied. The results show that, despite its high level of participation and confidence in the bonding networks rather than other networks (mean equals 4.2), just the linking social capital, in the sense of relations between people with different levels of power, explains %23 of the variance in social identity and 41% of the variance in national identity. Therefore, the main factor providing common identity and consensus is to go beyond the limited family and kinship networks. These results adapt with conditions of social networks in developing countries. In these countries, the useful and long connections between individuals and governmental networks is effective in the elimination of alienation and commitment to national common values.
