Exploring the concept of cultural capital and its role in Promoting the citizenship culture

Abstract

Purpose: one of the requirements for solving problems affecting citizens and modifying their behavior is the existence of an appropriate citizenship culture, known to be one of the fundamental and permanent grounds for citizenship. The aim of the present study was to scrutinize the issue of analyzing the concept of cultural capital and its role in promoting the citizenship culture. Methodology: The methodology is applied based on the purpose and, in terms of data collection is, of documentary-library and surveying. The tool for collecting data is a questionnaire that was randomly distributed among 70 lecturers, staff and students of the Farhangian University of Hamedan. Findings: The findings of the research indicated that the variables of the embodied capital on the citizenship culture (β = 0.05, P75 = 0) and the objectified capital on citizenship culture. Discussion: In the present age, the citizenship culture is considered to be a necessity, forming various meanings in the society as multidimensional constructs, caused by the socioeconomic, political, and cultural contexts of the society, along with the diversity of cultures. There has been made much attempt to examine the relationship between cultural capital and citizenship culture by reviewing concepts and views and having extracted the indicators, to present the most important determinants.