Mohammad Hossein Panahi; Atena Kamel Ghalibaf
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This study aims at examining strategies of political participation of four varied groups, namely teachers, students, women, and laborers. Drawing on theories of formal/informal political actions, the paper has interrogated the political strategies actors employ to realize their claims within the broader ...
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This study aims at examining strategies of political participation of four varied groups, namely teachers, students, women, and laborers. Drawing on theories of formal/informal political actions, the paper has interrogated the political strategies actors employ to realize their claims within the broader political scene. This includes theories of democratization and authoritarian resilience. In order to gather data, the study uses qualitative methods and semi-structured interview. In this light, 22 political activists from different groups were interviewed. Following this, thematic content analysis came along to assess the findings. Accordingly, four different strategies have been recognized, that is rapprochement or negotiating with state, resisting against state, renewal and reconstructing the organization after repression, and finally making coalition with other groups. However, these strategies should not be considered as completely separated way of acting in the political scene. Quite contrary, actors more often employ the combination of these varied strategies. Furthermore, it seems that political organizations have a kind of sequence beginning with contacting and negotiating with statesman. Next step would be more informal way of action (legal or illegal) which is not without consequences. These consequences make political activists more cautious and lead them toward informal and underground activities including establishing non-registered groups and individual or collective sporadic activities.
Mostafa Bagheriyan; gholamreza khoshfar
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Abstract As a form of participation, political participation is one of the social and political development indicators in countries. Students are one of the major groups of a society whose participation is necessary in the management of a society and the process of political, social and cultural development. ...
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Abstract As a form of participation, political participation is one of the social and political development indicators in countries. Students are one of the major groups of a society whose participation is necessary in the management of a society and the process of political, social and cultural development. Political participation of students, the largest population group in developing countries and responsible for the management of society in the future, is of particular importance for political stability and dynamics of society. This study was conducted to identify the relationship between religion and political participation among students. The research method was based on collecting and analyzing data, survey methodology. The study included 249 students of Mazandaran University. To collect information a questionnaire was used and its credit and reliability was approved using formal method and Cronbach's Alpha, respectively. Based on the results, there was significant correlation between religiosity and its four dimensions (religious behaviors, religious beliefs, outcomes, experiences) with political participation. The correlation remained even with controlling gender and age group. Among the four dimensions of religiosity, rituals showed the strongest correlation with political participation. The results of this study are consistent with previous researches. Keywords: Religious, Political participation, Students, Mazandaran University.
Mohammadhossein Panahi; Somayeh Sadat Bani Fatemeh
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While the importance of social and political participation of women in the third World countries is increasing continuously, both for development of these societies and for self-realization of women themselves, it is becoming an essential issue for study. In this paper, we focus on the impact of women's ...
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While the importance of social and political participation of women in the third World countries is increasing continuously, both for development of these societies and for self-realization of women themselves, it is becoming an essential issue for study. In this paper, we focus on the impact of women's political culture on their political participation. Referring Inglehart's theory and other theories related to the impact of political culture on political participation, we advanced our hypotheses. Through a survey, our data were collected and analyzed. The population of the research was women aged 20 and more from the Iranian city of Yazd, from which a random sample of 385 people were selected. The findings indicate that the women's political culture effects on their political participation. Moreover, all of the dimensions of political culture, including the women's attitudes towards the political system and the ruling elite, their political knowledge, attitudes towards their own political capacity, and normatively taking women's political participation, had meaningful positive correlation with their political participation.
mohammad hoseyn panahi; esmail ali zadeh
Volume 12, Issue 28.29 , May 2005, , Pages 89-131
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Political participation is a subject which has won an exclusive place in our society, specially after the Islamic Revolution. The importance is such that some parts of it, specially voting, have been constantly supported and emphasized by the political system and have been given a great deal of political ...
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Political participation is a subject which has won an exclusive place in our society, specially after the Islamic Revolution. The importance is such that some parts of it, specially voting, have been constantly supported and emphasized by the political system and have been given a great deal of political propaganda. Meanwhile, mass media, as the most important society s political outlet, can play a desicive role in increasing and decreasing the rate of such participation. Based on these facts, a research was done with the purpose of scrutinizing the effect of mass media on political participation rate in Iran. In order to do so, a 430 case samples out of the statistical society of Tehran - 19 onwards - were chosen and necessary data was collected and analyzed through a questionnaire. The result of this study showed that in a long term basis mass media affects indirectly on political participation through factors such as political culture, political efficacy and political stimuli. In addition, the effectiveness of each of the media (TV,Radio, Newspaper & ) was different and in some cases, their effectiveness direction is different as well. To the point of the encourage, the participation in political activities and some others encourage political apathy.
mansour vosoughi; abdolrsoul hashemi
Volume 11, Issue 26 , August 2004, , Pages 109-140
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Political participation is one of the main indexes of political development. The general aim of this research was studying social and cultural factors of political participation. These factors are: economic condition, occupation, education, urbanization, mass media, powerlessness, and trust to government. ...
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Political participation is one of the main indexes of political development. The general aim of this research was studying social and cultural factors of political participation. These factors are: economic condition, occupation, education, urbanization, mass media, powerlessness, and trust to government. Our general hypothesis was that the improvement of social conditions leads to enhancement of political participation, both formal and informal. The method of research was survey using questionnaire. The unit of analysis was family heads of four villages around thd city of Bushehr. Using random sampling, three villages namely Chah kootah, Abtavill and Talashki were chosen to represent three levels of high, average and low development. Then 250 questionnaires were administered proportional to the population of these villages. Toe results showed that there were considerable differences between formal and informal political participation. Informal participation increased as the level of education, urbanization and using mass media increased. But, formal participation was highly related to the level of confidence to government. These findings show that informal political participation is related to the indexes of development positively, which confirms modernization theories.
