Reflections on Cultural Imperialism: Iran’s Discourse of Misery (badbaxti)
Reflections on Cultural Imperialism: Iran’s Discourse of Misery (badbaxti)

Navid Zarrinnal

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.368829.1395

Abstract
  This article examines the theme of cultural imperialism through a case-study of change in nineteenth-century intellectual discourse. It analyzes an Iranian intellectual discourse, which ...  Read More
The Global Prevalence of Internet Addiction in Adolescents Post-COVID-19 Period: Examining Iran's Situation
The Global Prevalence of Internet Addiction in Adolescents Post-COVID-19 Period: Examining Iran's Situation

Manijeh Firoozi; Ali Akbar Firoozi; Elaheh Karimi Riabi

Volume 6, Issue 4 , October 2022, , Pages 673-703

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.358588.1346

Abstract
  The widespread use of the Internet has led to both beneficial and detrimental impacts on adolescents and young adults worldwide. Understanding the factors that contribute to these effects ...  Read More
Disability and Cinema in India: Representation of Women with Disabilities in Bollywood since 1970
Disability and Cinema in India: Representation of Women with Disabilities in Bollywood since 1970

Sadaf Tekyeh; Hamideh Molaei; Maziar Mozaffari Falarti

Volume 6, Issue 4 , October 2022, , Pages 743-776

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.359298.1351

Abstract
  This study aims to examine the representation of women with disabilities (sensory impairment) in the Indian cinema, focusing on the Hindi speaking Bollywood. Three popular movies shown ...  Read More
Trust in Modern Medical Institution from the Perspective of COVID-19 Patients in Iran
Trust in Modern Medical Institution from the Perspective of COVID-19 Patients in Iran

Mahdi Hoeeinzadeh Yazdi; Reyhane Sadat Gerami; Zeinab Aalami

Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 499-537

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.355209.1341

Abstract
  With the COVID-19 outbreak, it appears that social research to better understand how people react to epidemics, particularly this one, is a necessity. A lesser-known societal feature ...  Read More
Pilgrimage and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Interpersonal Contact between Iranians and Iraqis in the Arbaeen Walk
Pilgrimage and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Interpersonal Contact between Iranians and Iraqis in the Arbaeen Walk

Zeinab Ghasemi Tari; Elham Kadkhodaee

Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 539-565

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.356468.1344

Abstract
  Given the history of conflict between Iran-Iraq (1980-1988), the present paper investigates whether interpersonal contact between Iranians and Iraqis, through religious tourism, has ...  Read More
Comparing Gandhi’s Concept of Satyagraha with that of Jihad in Islam
Comparing Gandhi’s Concept of Satyagraha with that of Jihad in Islam

Fatemeh Mohammadi

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 545-576

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.326279.1228

Abstract
  This paper compares Islamic teachings regarding Jihad with Gandhi’s Satyagraha or non-violent resistance. Abdul Ghaffar Khan, one of Gandhi’s Muslim followers, has argued ...  Read More
Rethinking Minorities’ Integration into the Host Society: The Case of Indians in the Baharestan Neighbourhood of Tehran
Rethinking Minorities’ Integration into the Host Society: The Case of Indians in the Baharestan Neighbourhood of Tehran

Naimeh Rezaei; Leila Ebrahimi; Mina Pourmoosavi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 61-94

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.307666.1166

Abstract
  This study on Indians in the Baharestan neighbourhood of Tehran investigates the nature of their social integration, and the factors which affect it. By considering integration as a ...  Read More
'The Cup of Kindness’? Dominant Social Norms and Muslims’ Social Integration in Scotland
'The Cup of Kindness’? Dominant Social Norms and Muslims’ Social Integration in Scotland

Reza Bagheri

Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 271-304

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.275121.1089

Abstract
  Since the 9/11 bombings in New York, and the 7/7 bombings in London, Muslims’ integration in the UK has been under intense scrutiny. Muslim integration, however, has long been ...  Read More
Institutional Analysis of Corruption Configurations in South-West Asian Countries: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA)
Institutional Analysis of Corruption Configurations in South-West Asian Countries: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA)

Masoueh Mahmoudian; Aliasghar Firozjayan; Mohammadreza Taleban

Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 305-343

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.288546.1117

Abstract
  Considering corruption as one of the chronic harms of the administrative system, and the social factor affecting economic growth, the present study sought to explain, for the first ...  Read More
Hindu-Muslim Relationship in Bollywood in post 26/11: A Content Analysis of Movies (2008-2018)
Hindu-Muslim Relationship in Bollywood in post 26/11: A Content Analysis of Movies (2008-2018)

Maziar Mozaffari Falarti; Hamideh Molaei; Asra Karim

Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 345-377

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.276334.1092

Abstract
  This study investigates the representations of Hindu-Muslim relationship in Bollywood movies from 2008 to 2018. It is assumed that after 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, which are known ...  Read More
Nation, Ethnicity and Religion; Second Generation Muslims’ Social Identity in Scotland
Nation, Ethnicity and Religion; Second Generation Muslims’ Social Identity in Scotland

Reza Bagheri

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 699-734

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.262498.1062

Abstract
  Existing evidence seems to indicate that Muslims in Scotland have constructed hyphenated or hybrid identities that draw on religion, ethnicity and nationality. However, minor attention ...  Read More
A Theoretical Study of Solidarity in American Society: The Case of the “Ground Zero Mosque” Controversy
A Theoretical Study of Solidarity in American Society: The Case of the “Ground Zero Mosque” Controversy

Fatemeh Mohammadi; Hamed Mousavi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 199-222

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2017.241241.1022

Abstract
  The paper uses the case study of the controversy regarding the construction of a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York, to analyze the different ...  Read More