Abstract: (8804 Views)
Objectives: The main objective of the paper is finding solution to make selfhelp
group's performance better in Behzisti organization. Recently empowerment
theory is replaced the social policy theories. Empowerment has five dimensions:
income, accessibility, consciousness, control and participation. All of the
dimensions are important and ought to be actualized. But based on the idea of
theorists, planners, international organizations, experts(social workers) and
women headed households, economic dimension of empowerment (income and
accessibility) to perform comes first. Functionalistic theory views every society
and groups as a system. System's survive is conditioned by input and output
exchange with its environment. If a self- help group wants to be successful in
economic dimension of empowerment, its relationship with the environment
must be mutual According to Bourdieu, Coleman and Putnam theory, social
capital is the capital and the resource that associate individuals and groups.
These resources available in networks of relationships and are based on who do
you knew and how much do you communicate him. Individuals and groups can
not be successful without social capital. By use of local facilities, self- help
groups find links with their environment and a kind of social capital when help
the groups survive. This paper asked four main questions:
1. Is there relation between the use of local facilities and self -help groups'
income?
2. Is there relationship between the use of local facilities and self help groups'
property?
3. Is there relationship between the use of local facilities and the economic
dimension of empowerment of self help group?
4. Is there relationship between the social worker's refer to the local facilities and
the economic dimension of empowerment?
Method: The method of paper is survey. This research tries to measure use of
local facilities and its effects on economic dimension of empowerment. The
sample is include 25 self- help groups in Tehran.Findings: Economic dimension of empowerment has two indexes: income and
property. Analysis of data shows the range of self help groups income is 200-
1000 thousands rials and the range of property 10-50 million rials. When selfhelp
group be associated with local facilities, income is increased. The
relationship between use of local facilities and increased income is significant
and positive . But such a relation between use of local facilities and property is
not confirmed. There is difference between ways of link with local facilities and
economic dimension of empowerment. When social worker refers to local
facilities, specially formal and state organizations, his performance is successful
in promotion of groups' income. But administrative performances by Behzisti
organization increases only property of groups.
Results: Efforts of self- help groups and social workers to make connection
between local facilities and group's needs, increase group power and secure
income and essential needs. This rule mentioned in self-help groups instruction
(1381). The social workers seriously must actualize this rule by direct refer to
local facilities specially governmental organizations.
Type of Study:
orginal |
Received: 2011/04/11 | Published: 2010/07/15