Document Type : Research
Authors
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PhD Student in Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Khalkhal Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences,Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor of Demography, Population Economics and Human Capital Research Group, National Population Research Institute,Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Poverty and economic misery are major problems plaguing developing countries. Meanwhile, the policies introduced by various governments can play a significant role in dealing with this problem. After the Islamic Revolution, Iranian policies related to the health, education, housing, welfare, and social security sectors, as key influential dimensions of supportive policies, have been at the mercy of orientations, approaches, ideology, and intellectual movements driving government policies. In this regard, this paper aims to study the role of supportive policies of the ninth and tenth (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) and eleventh and twelfth (Hassan Rouhani) administrations in housing, health, education, welfare, and social security sectors in connection to the poverty and economic misery of people. In this qualitative study, a phenomenological approach has been used as the operational research method. In-depth semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The statistical population consisted of experts and key informants in the housing, education, health, welfare, and social security sectors of Guilan province, who were selected using a purposeful and theoretical sampling method. After reaching data saturation in interviews, a sample size of 24 people was selected. Data analysis was conducted using the Moustakas method. The findings suggest that, in the opinion of participants, the social-supportive policies adopted by Ahmadinejad and Rouhani administrations in the realms of education, housing, health, welfare, and social security are not radically different, and these policies have exacerbated the poverty and economic misery of citizens. In fact, the social-supportive policies of the Ahmadinejad and Rouhani administrations, though driven by two different political trends, have been plagued with contradictions, confusion, and turmoil. In practice, supportive policies in the areas of education, housing, health, welfare, and social security have been grossly neglected.
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