Role of Mosques in Organizing Political Participation in Elections (Provide A Model for Maximum Participation and Engineering the Geography of the Elections in Rural Settlements of Shahivand District of Lorestan)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Heidar  Lotfi ¹ (Associate Professor, Dep. of Geography, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran)

Received: 2018-01-17 Accepted : 2018-11-19 Published : 2018-11-19

Keywords: Rural settlements, Rural mosques, Shahivand district, organizing political participation, maximum participation, election geography,

Abstract :

One of the most important aspects of planning for rural settlements is organizing political participation of villagers in the elections which is also very important. There is no doubt that the geography of elections in rural settlements has its own characteristics. The main question of this article is that rural mosques in organizing the maximum participation and geographic engineering of the elections what role do in Shahivand Lorestan's rural settlements play? In fact, the geography of the elections in rural settlements in general and especially in rural settlements of Shahivand district has its own cultural, geographic and ethnic characteristics that has been revealed in different elections. Mosque of rural settlements in this section In order to organize the maximum participation and engineering geography of the election Have multiple functions which include: Political education of the villagers, explaining and encouraging people to participate in the elections, holding political discussions between representatives of the political factions and providing transparency and awareness to the residents. Given this introduction this paper will attempt to use a combination of library methods as well as the analysis of the past election in this section as well as interviews with residents and political science professors to be paid Analyze and explain the role of mosques in organizing political participation in the election in order to provide a model for maximum participation and Geography of elections in rural settlements of Shahivand district of Lorestan.

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