Housing as a Political Tool: Gender Inequality in Student Accommodation in Iran

Q2 Social Sciences

Critical Housing Analysis Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.13060/23362839.2021.8.2.535

Parian Hoseini, Pooriya Mohseni

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Abstract

This paper studies the gender inequalities in university-provided student accommodation in Babolsar, Iran, in relation to the role of the dominant political power and its approach in shaping the physical form of public dormitories and the living conditions of students. Secondary data analysis based on a questionnaire survey is utilised, and the results show that in numerous physical and non-physical ways women’s public dormitories are designed and controlled in favour of the dominant political power and against the wishes of their residents. This research examines how the ideological and cultural background permeates institutional practices in housing and affects the living conditions of a disadvantaged social group, which can open a discussion on the role of housing in social exclusion.

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住房作为一种政治工具:伊朗学生住宿中的性别不平等

本文研究了伊朗Babolsar大学提供的学生宿舍中的性别不平等，涉及主导政治权力的作用及其在塑造公共宿舍的物理形式和学生生活条件方面的方法。利用基于问卷调查的二次数据分析，结果表明，在许多物理和非物理方式中，女性公共宿舍的设计和控制有利于占主导地位的政治权力，违背了居民的意愿。本研究考察了意识形态和文化背景如何渗透到住房的制度实践中，并影响弱势社会群体的生活条件，这可以开启住房在社会排斥中的作用的讨论。

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Critical Housing Analysis Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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期刊介绍： Critical Housing Analysis is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on critical and innovative housing research. The journal was launched in January 2014 and publishes two online issues annually. Critical Housing Analysis is published by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Critical Housing Analysis aims to provide on-line discussion space for researchers who come up with innovative, critical and challenging ideas and approaches in housing-related research. The unique function of this journal is to facilitate rapid feedback on critical and innovative ideas and methods developed by housing researchers around the world. We are especially keen to publish papers that provide: 1.Innovations in methods, theories and practices used in housing-related research. We especially welcome papers applying original research strategies (such as, mixed and interdisciplinary methods) and international comparisons with a strong sense for contextual and institutional differences. Papers should provide new and fresh research perspectives allowing a deeper understanding of housing markets, policies and systems. Innovations need to be justified but they could be “work in progress”, i.e. their findings may not yet have been fully verified. 2.Critiques of assumptions, methods and theories used in housing-related research. Such critical evaluations must be well-founded (empirically or by consistently logical argument) and convincing. However, there is no particular need to provide a solution to the problems that have been identified. 3.Critiques of applied housing practices and policies in particular cultural and institutional contexts, especially for those countries that are less represented in mainstream housing policy discourse. The critical assessment of policies must be analytical, should propose new perspectives and lead to wider policy implications.