Future studies of competition and political participation in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

mohammad Agha alikhani ¹ (student of political sociology)
Asghar Partovi ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran)
Mehdi Zakerian ³ (Associate Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2023-09-19 Accepted : 2023-10-09 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: political participation, elections, Political Competition, Future Studies,

Abstract :

The concept of development in the Islamic Republic of Iran is institutionalized based on competition and partnerships, and paying attention to the future of these two factors indicates the strength or weakness of the Islamic Republic system. Increasing participation, as a multidimensional process, affects or is influenced by many components; In such a way that its realization requires teamwork, intellectual-procedural stability of the system's agents, in relation to positive trends and optimal synergy of potential and actual capacities and infrastructures. Therefore, the question of the present article is, what are the future-oriented guidelines for increasing competition and political participation in Iran? The current research is analytical-descriptive with a future research approach, using the scenario method. The findings indicate a scenario development for a favorable future for civil society in relation to political participation; which includes the possible scenario; possible scenario; He pointed out the favorable future scenario.