The sociological study of factors affecting farmers' participation in the land consolidation projects in elected villages of the Boukan city

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Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Development Studies, The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 M.A. in Rural Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Project or program Success are depends on research appropriate with attitudes beliefs of the villagers and participation them in progress of plan. Also the purpose of the present essay is to find and analyzing the effective factors that on the willingness of the farmers to participation in land consolidation positive or negative impact will. In realization or non-realization this project important factors including sociological economical cultural technical and executive factors are effective. So can say that the land consolidation rather than be a technical, physically and even economical work, are a cultural, social and even psychological. In this paper, using the theories of modernization school (Rogers, Lerner), social psychology (Seaman and Levine) and Participatory Development (Samuel Mushi) and using quantitative approach we try to achieve the research objectives. The statistical population study included three villages of Boukan that land consolidation projects have been implemented. Of the 241 operations, 120 were selected using random sampling And through questionnaires and personal interviews data collected and by software package SPSS with the use methods of descriptive and inferential statistics proportional with measurements of variables The data have been analyzed. Inferentially findings of research showed that age, education level, modernism, futurism significant variables and positively influence and social alienation in three means of powerlessness, isolation and dissatisfaction it acts as a barrier to participation. 

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