The relationship between social capital and political participation of citizens 18 to 40 years in Marand

Subject Areas : sociology

Mohammad Imani ¹ , Samad Rasoulzadeh Agdam ²

1 - کارشناسی‌ارشد جامعه‌شناسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تبریز- ایران.
2 - عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان‌، گروه علوم اجتماعی؛ آذرشهر – ایران (نویسنده مسئول).

Received: 2017-01-28 Accepted : 2017-01-28 Published : 2017-01-20

Keywords: Social capital, political participation, electoral activities, contacts with politicians, protesting activities, membership in political groups,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital and political participation of citizens 18 to 40 years in Marand. The current study was descriptive-analytic and in terms of purpose it is functional. The population of the study is all citizens (18 to 40) in Marand and the sample of the study is 381 people who were selected by Cochran Formula. To collect data two questionnaires of political participation (Ting Chang 2009) and social capital (Nahapiet and Ghoshal 1998) were used. Data analysis of variance and regression analysis was performed using the software spss 19. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between social capital and political participation of citizens 18 to 40 years in Marand. As well as there is a significant relationship between social capital and political participation dimensions (participation in elections, electoral activities, contacts with politicians, protesting activities and membership in political groups) among citizens 18 and 40 in Marand