Evaluating Political Participation and Identifying Its Determinants in Urban Communities (Case Study: Lamerd City, Fars Province)

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GHAEDI MOHAMMAD REZA

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Journal: Journal of Regional Planning Year:2020 | Volume:9 | Issue:36 Page(s): 107-118

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Evaluating Political Participation and Identifying Its Determinants in Urban Communities (Case Study: Lamerd City, Fars Province)

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Sustainable Urban DevelopmentQ2

Citizen ParticipationQ2

Political ParticipationQ2

ElectionsQ2

LamerdQ1

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The inclusive Political Participation of citizens in various matters is one of the symbols of the existence of democracy and the legitimacy of the sovereignty of a country that it has multiple dimensions. Participation in Elections is one of the most important aspects of Political Participation that is enhanced by improving the status of other aspects of Political Participation and identifying and strengthening the factors that influence it. The purpose of this quantitative and applied research which has been done by descriptive_analytical and correlation method, is to evaluate the Political Participation and its indicators as well as identify its determinants among the citizens of Lamerd city in Fars province. All citizens 18 years old and over who are eligible to vote, constitute the statistical population of the survey which according to the results of the last census were 19595 persons. The main instrument of research for data collection was a researcher made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. Due to the limitations of the census, using the Cochran formula, 378 individuals were considered as statistical sample and the questionnaires were distributed among the citizens completely randomly. The results show that the highest and the lowest Political Participation of citizens in the two variables of voting and writing political articles were 4. 26 and 2. 32, respectively. The results of the survey of the general situation of Political Participation of citizens show that the calculated average is 3. 131 above the average. Also the results of correlation analysis between dependent and independent variables of research showed that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between Political Participation and socioeconomic variables, sense of political efficiency and effectiveness, use of internal media, quality of life, satisfaction with government performance, social capital, use of social networks and political awareness. And there is a significant negative relationship between the use of foreign media and the level of Political Participation. The results also showed that there is no significant relationship between the variables of age, sex, marital status and degree of religious affiliation with Political Participation.

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GHAEDI, MOHAMMAD REZA. (2020). Evaluating Political Participation and Identifying Its Determinants in Urban Communities (Case Study: Lamerd City, Fars Province). JOURNAL OF REGIONAL PLANNING, 9(36 ), 107-118. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/230568/en

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GHAEDI MOHAMMAD REZA. Evaluating Political Participation and Identifying Its Determinants in Urban Communities (Case Study: Lamerd City, Fars Province). JOURNAL OF REGIONAL PLANNING[Internet]. 2020;9(36 ):107-118. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/230568/en

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MOHAMMAD REZA GHAEDI, “Evaluating Political Participation and Identifying Its Determinants in Urban Communities (Case Study: Lamerd City, Fars Province),” JOURNAL OF REGIONAL PLANNING, vol. 9, no. 36 , pp. 107–118, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/230568/en

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