Political culture of participation among natives and non-natives of Khuzestan province

Document Type : Science - Research (Iranian Political issues)

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

2 Instructor Department of Political Science, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

10.30497/pkn.2024.246461.3170

Abstract

The culture of political participation is the cornerstone of having a dynamic and politically stable society. In societies with an acceptable political participation culture, decision-making will lead to the growth of the society. In this study, an attempt was made to determine the political culture of participation of natives and non-natives of Khuzestan province and the factors affecting it in the first half of 1402. The data collection method was done by survey method to investigate the political participatory culture, through standard questionnaires. In this method, the information and opinions of the citizens of Khuzestan province were collected randomly and through standard questions and analyzed through spss software. The findings of the research showed that being native or not has no effect on people's political participation, which itself shows the effect of other variables such as; Political culture has cultural and especially economic factors on people's political participation. In this regard, the variable effect of people's political attitude on the economic variable was significantly prominent. The results of the study showed that there is no significant difference between natives and non-natives living in Khuzestan province in terms of the culture of political participation as a dependent variable. Also, ethnicity and nativeness in Khuzestan province do not have an obvious effect on the culture of political participation and other variables such as; The variable of intention and political attitude affects the culture of political participation.

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Volume 20, Issue 2 - Serial Number 40
ESSAY
September 2024
Pages 599-616
  • Receive Date: 06 June 2024
  • Revise Date: 10 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 12 July 2024