Investigating the role of social and cultural factors in political development in Bandar Gaz city
Subject Areas : Social issues of Iran
Jafar Mallah
1
,
abolghasem hedarabadi
2
,
Seyfollah Farzaneh
3
1 - PhD student in Sociology of Economics and Development, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
2 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد بابل
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
Keywords: political development, social capital, political trust, political socialization.,
Abstract :
One of the most important dimensions of development in any society is political development. Political development is influenced by social, economic and cultural factors. The article was done with the sociological explanation of the political development of Bandar Gaz city. The research method was a survey and information was collected using a questionnaire. All people over 18 years of age were selected as the statistical population, which is equal to 36,785 people. The sampling method is a multi-stage cluster and the sample size is 380 people based on Cochran's formula. The findings show that the average of the political development variable is equal to 2.01, which is a higher number than the average. The dimension of political participation with an average of 2.31 has the highest average and the dimension of political freedom with an average of 1.76 has the lowest average among the dimensions of political development. The variables of religiosity, social capital, political socialization, means of mass communication and political trust have a positive and direct relationship with the level of political development. The findings show that 40.5% of the changes in the level of political development are explained by variables. Religiosity has the least effect and political trust has the greatest effect on political development. The result is that it is necessary to pay attention to the role of sociability and political trust and indicators of social capital in increasing and accelerating the political development of Bandar Gaz.