Investigating the Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Women's Participation in the Implementation of Cultural Policies

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

Mehraban Hadipaykani ¹ , Mahboobeh Sadeqzadeh tabrizi ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Human Resources Trend, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Ph.D student in cultural management, strategy orientation and policy of Isfahan Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2016-06-07 Accepted : 2016-07-24 Published : 2016-11-21

Keywords: Citizenship Rights, accountability, access to technology, knowledge and education awareness, Political alienation,

Abstract :

This research aims to investigate social and cultural factors affecting women's participation in implementing cultural policies in Isfahan. Research hypotheses have been developed with emphasis on the theoretical support of the research and the research method is a quantitative survey type. The statistical population of the research is women of Isfahan, which according to Cochran formula 384 were selected as sample size. The findings of the two-variable regression analysis in this study showed that women's access to modern technologies, women's awareness of citizenship rights, women's knowledge and education level, and the extent of women's responsibility for their participation in implementing cultural policies has a direct and significant effect However, women's political alienation has a reciprocal and significant impact on their participation in implementing cultural policies.