Sociological Explanation of Citizenship Culture (Case Study: Citizens 15 Years Above in Eqlid City)

Subject Areas : ‌Family

esfandiar ghafarinasab ¹ , mohammad ali ghaseminejad ² , seyyed ebrahim mosavat ³ , seyyed mahdi habibi farashbandi ⁴

1 - Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Iran
2 - Master of Sociology, Shiraz University, Iran
3 - PhD student of Sociology, Yasuj University, Iran
4 - Master of Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-04-07 Accepted : 2019-07-29 Published : 2019-09-21

Keywords: responsibility, political awareness, citizenship, Participation, obeying the rules,

Abstract :

Citizenship is One of the Most Important Concepts and Ideas that has been Concerned by Sociologists in the Last Decades. Citizenship is One of Important Indicators of Progress and Development in the Developing Countries. One of the Dimension of Citizenship is the Culture of Citizenship. Estabilishment and Extention of Citizenship can be seen as a Serious Way of Solving the Social Problems in the Developing Countries.In this Study We Examine the Culture of Citizenship among the Citizens of Eghlid City. We Used Survey as a Method and also Questionaaire as an Instrument for Collecting Data .Statistical Population in this Research is Ccitizens Over 15 Years Old and the Numbers of Sample is about 400 Citizens in the Eghlid City. We Selected Sample by Using a Manner that Called Multi-Stage cluster Sampling. Finding Shows that the Culture of Citizenship among Citizens is about Over Mean. The Examining of hypothesis show that variables such as Gender, Partial Status , the Degree of Religious Commitment, social identity, the Extent of Using Media and Political Awareness have a Significant Relationship with the Culture of Citizenship. In the Regression Coefficient four Variables were Entered that in the Sum, This four Variables were Could Predicted 22.5 Percent of the Variations of dependent variable.