Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in Iran
The empowerment of people in the society by synergizing the components of social capital (awareness, cohesion, trust and participation) causes transformation in that society. The aim of this study was to investigate the Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. T...
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The empowerment of people in the society by synergizing the components of social capital (awareness, cohesion, trust and participation) causes transformation in that society. The aim of this study was to investigate the Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. The statistical population of this study were women members of microcredit funds in Marvdasht Township in Iran. According to the database information, they include 2000 and from this number, 200 statistical samples were selected based on Cochran’s sampling formula and completely randomly. The main research tool was a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using the opinions of university professors and experts, and its reliability was also confirmed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient higher than 80%. The results of the research showed that the index of social capital and components of awareness, trust, participation, cohesion and networks were weak in women. The results of the study showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the empowerment of fund members and social capital (awareness, cohesion, trust, participation and networking). Among the factors affecting social capital, risk-taking with a beta coefficient of 0.637 has been the most important factor affecting the development of social capital of women members of credit funds. The results of the research emphasize that people’s participation in cooperative activities will create a social base for people and then social identity and cohesion for them, which will ultimately lead to the empowerment of rural women.
Received: 21 May 2024
Accepted: 05 November 2024
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| spelling | doaj-art-449aeabd3c9f4539ac52734ca8befd812024-12-22T16:36:15ZengUniversidad de DeustoBoletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo1134-993X2386-48932024-12-016510.18543/baidc.3059Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in IranAlireza Ranjbari0Mohammad Sadegh Ebrahimi1Gholamhossein Khedri2Isfahan University of Technology, IranIsfahan University of Technology, IranPayam Noor University (PNU), Iran The empowerment of people in the society by synergizing the components of social capital (awareness, cohesion, trust and participation) causes transformation in that society. The aim of this study was to investigate the Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. The statistical population of this study were women members of microcredit funds in Marvdasht Township in Iran. According to the database information, they include 2000 and from this number, 200 statistical samples were selected based on Cochran’s sampling formula and completely randomly. The main research tool was a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using the opinions of university professors and experts, and its reliability was also confirmed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient higher than 80%. The results of the research showed that the index of social capital and components of awareness, trust, participation, cohesion and networks were weak in women. The results of the study showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the empowerment of fund members and social capital (awareness, cohesion, trust, participation and networking). Among the factors affecting social capital, risk-taking with a beta coefficient of 0.637 has been the most important factor affecting the development of social capital of women members of credit funds. The results of the research emphasize that people’s participation in cooperative activities will create a social base for people and then social identity and cohesion for them, which will ultimately lead to the empowerment of rural women. Received: 21 May 2024 Accepted: 05 November 2024 https://baidc.revistas.deusto.es/article/view/3059social capitalmicrocreditparticipationdevelopmentgender equality |
| spellingShingle | Alireza Ranjbari Mohammad Sadegh Ebrahimi Gholamhossein Khedri Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in Iran Boletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo social capital microcredit participation development gender equality |
| title | Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in Iran |
| title_full | Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in Iran |
| title_fullStr | Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in Iran |
| title_short | Philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital. Case study: rural women’s microcredit cooperatives in Iran |
| title_sort | philosophy and the role of cooperatives in the development of social capital case study rural women s microcredit cooperatives in iran |
| topic | social capital microcredit participation development gender equality |
| url | https://baidc.revistas.deusto.es/article/view/3059 |
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