Studying of the Relationship between Social Capital and Awareness of Citizenship Rights with Awareness of Concept and Social Component of Sustainable Development With (Case Study: Citizens of Meshgin-Shahr)

This paper studies the relationship between awareness of concept and social component of sustainable development with social capital and awareness of citizenship rights between citizens of the Meshgin-Shahr. Measuring awareness of the concept of sustainable development and its social component has been done under the framework of UNESCO. Marshall Theory about citizenship rights and the theory of for Putnam, Coleman and Bourdieu on social capital have been applied for measuring awareness of citizenship rights and social capital. The research method was survey. Information was collected by researcher-made questionnaire. The population under study was citizens over 18 years of age who live in Meshgin-Shahr. 382 person samples were selected with using random cluster sample. The results showed the mean of Awareness of the concept of sustainable development and its social component is above average. Awareness of citizenship rights at the intermediate level upward is a statistically significant relationship with the dependent variable. Social capital at the intermediate level is a statistically significant relationship with the dependent variable.