Abstract:
The purpose of the present study is to review challenges and strategies for informed political participation in the election system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The research method is descriptive-analytic and it relies on the hypothesis that the election system in Iran, in the lack of political parties, is often under the influence of cultural, ethnic, and religious fads and is finally conducted without awareness and in a massive and wide spread way. Some of the proposed strategies in this article include the necessity of referring to other institutions and gatherings such as shopkeepers, mosques, journals, and mass media which can somehow perform special functions of parties like giving information, enhancing political perception, decreasing fads, and removing political indifference among people. The results indicate that as for voters, political participation in Iran faces predicaments such as nativism, ethnocentrism, lack of information, and unawareness. The predicaments related to candidates involve the high number of volunteers, dishonesty in speech, and injustice in campaign procedure.
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/ 110 Iranian Political Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2023 Examining the Challenges and Solutions for Conscious Political Participation 1 in the Electoral System of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Aryanpour1, Morteza Abazari 2, Khalil Bahrami Qasrchami 3 1 PhD student, Department of Political Science, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran (Corresponding Author).
com Abstract The aim of the present research is to examine the challenges and solutions for conscious political participation in the electoral system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The research method is descriptive-analytical and is based on the hypothesis that the electoral system in Iran, in the absence of political parties, is often influenced by cultural, ethnic, religious considerations, and emotions, and ultimately takes place in an unconscious, mass, and indiscriminate manner.
Accordingly, the present research intends to examine the challenges and problems of political participation regarding both voters and election candidates in Iran, and to provide solutions for the formation of conscious and logical political participation.
113 articles, books, and other research fields, and many challenges and solutions have also been presented to shape conscious and logical participation; however, what distinguishes the present research from other studies is the role and influence of the political system and structure and the performance of the government in the field of political elections in Iran, which is considered the innovation of this research.
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