the dream of Utopia; Sociological explanation of the desire of Kermanshah youth to migrate

Document Type : علمی وپزوهشی

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1 Department of Sociology, Faculty of social Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

2 M.A of Sociology, Faculty of social Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 M.A of Sociology Student, Faculty of social Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

10.22059/jsr.2025.380354.1992

Abstract

The central problem of this paper is to study why the youth of Kermanshah want to migrate. The research approach is exploratory and based on this, the grounded theory method has been used to collect and analyze data. Since migration is more common among skilled youth, the research samples were selected based on different occupations and skill guilds. The data was collected through in-depth interviews and data analysis was done based on three stages of open, central and selective coding.
According to the results of the analysis, the most important cause of migration is the "economic" situation, and the most important concepts of this category are "low wages", "inflation", "instability" and "future stress". This category has affected other research categories such as "Politics" and "Perception of Iran" and the interviewees evaluate both of them as ineffective and decaying. This situation, along with "indoctrination from abroad", evokes the approach of draining brains and skills, which has been aggravated by Iran's internal conditions. The category "purpose of migration" justifies the importance of the economic factor in the development of the idea of ​​migration as a utopian idea and a critical assessment of other established relations.

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Sociological Review
Volume 32, Issue 1
July 2025
Pages 267-287

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