Identifying and Studying Social Obstacles to Economic Development in Rural Areas in the East of Golestan Province (Case of Study: Villages in the Central Part of Gonbad-e Kavus County)
Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological ReviewMahmoudreza Khosravi 1 , Isa Hasanzadeh 2 , Shahrzad Bazrafshan 3
1 - Ph.D. Student in Economic and Development Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
Keywords: Social obstacles, economic development, rural areas, Gonbad-e Kavus,
Abstract :
The main objective of this research is to identify and study social barriers to the economic development of the rural areas in the central part of Gonbad-e Kavus. The methodology of the present study is developmental-applied in terms of its objective and descriptive in terms of its nature. The statistical population included managers, planners, and policymakers active in rural development and faculty members informed in the subject, 22 of whom were purposefully selected and studied based on the theoretical saturation criterion.
The results showed that the imbalance between the cities and the villages, unfair distribution of services, lack of attention to the social and economic opportunities and capacities of the villages, weakness of governmental institutions and managers, weakness of social participation of the villagers, ethnocentrism and traditionalism, conservatism and resistance to changes, promotion of consumerism, weakness of government social policies, lack of authoritative and dynamic participatory structures (non-governmental organizations) for rural communities, weakness of educational facilities, inattention to sustainable employment, urbanization of the villagers and their irregular migration are among the most important social obstacles to the development of the villages in the east of Golestan province.
Empowering peasants, providing village organization plans, preparing programs to reinforce the financial strength of peasants, preventing irregular migration, paying attention to meeting the needs of the younger generation, especially employment, and education, utilizing the capacities of non-governmental organizations, developing rural manufacturing cooperatives companies of demands are among the most important solutions for rural development.
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