Sociological Study of the Social Consequences of Tariffing on Imported Goods and its Relationship with Economic Development in Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

Seyed Jalal Mahmoudi ¹ , Mostafa Azkia ² , Meysam Mousaie ³

1 - PhD Student in Economic Sociology and Development, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Social Planning Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-06-21 Accepted : 2021-06-21 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: Customs tariffs, Economic Development, social consequences, Grounded Theory,

Abstract :

Tariffing on imported goods and its relationship with economic development in Iran is an economic issue that has various contexts and social consequences. This qualitative research article has been semi-structured using the method of fundamental theory and deep interview technique, which has studied the social consequences of tariffing on imported goods from the perspective of Iranian customs experts through purposive sampling. In this method, theoretical saturation was obtained by coding 20 interviews with the participants. Based on the results of the research, the researcher's theoretical inference is that the causal conditions arising from the social and economic contexts of Iranian society such as tariff fluctuations, multiplicity of trade trustees, etc. with the intervention of elements such as lack of government support and negligence The experiences of other countries and the strategies and interactions adopted cross-sectionally and passively, regardless of the criteria of economic development, have led to social consequences such as corruption, circumvention of the law, increased smuggling, non-competitiveness of Iranian goods, Culbery, etc.