Investigating and evaluating of effective factors and components of political development in Iran (Case of study: Examining the viewpoint of the influential managers of Kerman province in the period of 1997-2017)

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hemmat balochy ¹ , اژدری azhdari ² , حسنی باقری hassanibakhri ³

1 - phd student of political science faculty, Islamic Azad University,Baft branch
2 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Baft Branch, Baft, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Baft Branch, Baft, Iran.

Received: 2023-08-14 Accepted : 2024-01-29 Published : 2024-01-21

Keywords: Iran, Kerman province, Managers, political development, Key Factors,

Abstract :

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating and evaluating the effective factors and components on the political development in Iran and seeks to answer to this the question that what factors and components affect the process of political development in Iran? In terms of its nature and purpose, this research was applied research and its research method was descriptive-analytical. The statistical population consisted of managers of Kerman province in the period 1997-2017, which was used to determine the sample size from Krejcie and Morgan's table and stratified random method was used for sampling. In this research, Huntington's model (1965) was used to investigate and evaluate of effective factors and components of political development. Its dimensions included: the rationality of political authority, functional and structural differentiation and the growth of political participation. The findings showed that based on the research model, 3 dimensions and 12 components can be proposed for political development in Iran. Then these dimensions and components were ranked with by Friedman's test that the results showed that among the effective dimensions, the rationality dimension of political authority has the highest rank. Meanwhile, among the effective components, the components of the government's attention to political modernization and the definition of new political functions at the community level have the highest rank.