Social Policy & National Identity Making; Inclusiveness of Macro Social Policies in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Associate Professor in Political Science, University of Mazandaran, Corresponding Author
2 PhD Student in Sociology, Univercity of Mazandaran
Abstract
Thisarticle by the presumption of ever-becoming nature of nation-building process and its continuous reproduction, studies the relationship between social policy & identity especially in diverse societies. The present writing is composed of two sections. The first descriptive-analytical section is done by documentary method and in the second part; the qualitative content analysis method is applied. This article is inspiring by opinions of Bland & Lecourse concludes that the inclusive feature and equality-based nature of social policies leads to creation of real justice community, strengthening of social solidarity& social integration that will eventually bring social rest and political stability as prerequisites of nation-building process.
Applying the relationship between two variables to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, denotes that the approach of the Constitution toward macro social policies confirms its inclusiveness, equality-based & egalitarian orientation in allocation of material and spiritual resources without ethnic, class, religious, linguistic and other differentiating criteria.
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