Document Type : The article extracted from the thesis or dissertation
Authors
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Department of Sociology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran
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M.A. in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
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PhD Student in Sociology, Specialization in the Study of Social Issues in Iran, Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
10.22059/jrd.2026.407254.668964
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to conduct a sociological examination of the feeling of social exclusion among the citizens of Zahedan. In order to develop the theoretical framework, the theories of various scholars (Max Weber, Frank Parkin, Hilary Silver, Amartya Sen, Michel Foucault, and Pierre Bourdieu) as well as different schools of thought in the field of social exclusion were employed. The sample size was determined using Cochran’s formula and consisted of 400 individuals, selected through a multi-stage cluster sampling method.
The results of the study indicate that the average feeling of social exclusion among citizens of Zahedan is 46.8 (based on the range of 18 to 90), which is in the low to moderate range.
The variables of social closure (with a coefficient of 0.29), social powerlessness (with a coefficient of 0.23) and whereas capability poverty (with a coefficient of -0.04) were found to be significant and influential variables affecting social exclusion.Overall, these three variables explain 17 percent of the variance in the social exclusion variable.
Based on the research findings, many respondents are considered to be among the less-privileged groups, and the variables of social closure, powerlessness, and capability poverty (in the sense proposed by Robert Chambers) have created the possibility of a deprivation trap for them. Therefore, in order to prevent this trend, it is recommended that special attention be paid to issues of social closure and social powerlessness, and to the strengthening of social cohesion.
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