Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Journal of Social Sciences

Qualitative analysis of the causes of the decrease in popular political participation in Khuzestan province

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Document Type : Scientific-Research

Authors

fariba jamei 1
Ali Hossein Hosseinzadeh 2
nabiollah eeder 3

1 PhD student in Political Sociology, Department of Political Sociology, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Sociology, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/social.2024.84719.1427
Abstract
One of the important topics in political geography is the level of political participation of different ethnic groups of a country in the decision making process in order to create a sense of national solidarity and integration of the country. Khuzestan province, with its diverse ethnic composition, has seen a decrease in political participation during the last two elections, namely the 11th election cycle of the Islamic Council in 2018 and the 13th cycle of the presidential election in 2018, so that less than half of the eligible candidates in the two elections have participated. Therefore, the purpose of the current research was to qualitatively analyze the causes of the decrease in political participation in Khuzestan province by thematic analysis method. The studied population was the political elites of Khuzestan province, 18 samples were selected with targeted and chain methods, and the data was collected through in-depth interviews. The validity of the research was obtained by using the methods of members' validity and research review, and reliability was obtained by the intra-subject agreement method. The findings of the research showed that the reasons for the decrease in political participation in Khuzestan province are: 1) popular factors, 2) governance factors, 3) institutional factors, and 4) side factors.
 

Keywords

Elections
Political Participation
Political Elites
Khuzestan Province
Thematic Analysis
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Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Journal of Social Sciences

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 09 June 2024

  • Receive Date 04 October 2023
  • Revise Date 24 April 2024
  • Accept Date 09 June 2024
  • First Publish Date 09 June 2024
  • Publish Date 09 June 2024

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