The role of political participation and democratic system in shaping political culture (Case study: Kurdish Citizens in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region)
Subject Areas : Public Policy In Administration
Farhad Mehrgan
1
,
Abolhassan Faghihi
2
,
Naser Mirsepassi
3
1 - Department of Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: "Participation", ", Culture", , ", Democracy", , ", Political", , " Political",
Abstract :
This study has done with the aim of examining the effectiveness of political participation in the establishment of the democratic system and determining the participatory mechanisms on the formation of the values of the political culture of Kurdish citizens in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. This research is in terms of nature and method, survey and in terms of relations between variables, is one of the correlation studies. According to Cochran's formula73 people are as a statistical sample and were selected by cluster sampling. The data gathering tool are researcher-made questionnaires to measure the variables of political participation, democracy, and political culture that were designed based on the five-value Likert scale. Before distributing questionnaires, they were provided to 25 experts to ensure them validity and reliability. Data research were tested using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson correlation and path analysis.The results showed data has a normal distribution, and there is a strong, positive and significant correlations between the research variables, as well as the results of the path analysis of variables are acceptable. The results are as follows, political participation of citizens is effective in establishing a democratic system, and democratic processes influence in shaping the values political culture.
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