چکیده:
The aim of this article is to measure political trust and identify the most important variables involved in it in Kurdistan province, Iran. The hypothesis is that: political trust in this province is overall lower than average and is influenced by numerous local, national, regional, and international variables. In this article, a survey method was used, and the sample includes 490 individuals aged 15 to 64 from the people of the province. The findings of the article show that, first, the average political trust in the province is higher than average. Second, the variables of 'government policies and performance' with 76.0, 'political and social participation' with 59.0, 'socio-economic status' with 36.0, 'regional and international factors' with -28.0, 'media and mass communication tools' with 21.0, religion with 18.0, 'inter-ethnic trust' with 11.0, and 'ethnic identity' with 10.0, respectively, have had the greatest effect on the level of political trust of the people in the province. Based on the findings of the article, it is necessary for the government and central and local institutions to strengthen policies and actions focused on security, employment opportunities, welfare, and participation opportunities in this province as much as possible.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The second view, however, introduces political trust as a relational matter and, based on this, considers its level to be variable among each of the societies, groups, and individuals, and at any given time, and regards its changes as dependent on the performance and the manner of communication between the government and political officials with various groups of people.
The following model shows some of these variables and factors: Model No. 1: Theoretical Model of the Research (Refer to the page image) Research Hypotheses Given the discussions and the theoretical model above, the hypotheses of the article are as follows: Main Hypothesis Political trust among the people of Kurdistan province is at a low level and is influenced by numerous local, national, regional, and international variables.
The following table shows the distribution of the research sample: Table 1- Sample size based on quota sampling method (refer to the page image) The survey questionnaire consists of two parts, where the first part covers individual characteristics and demographic information, and the second part includes scales for measuring political trust, ethnicity, religion, education, socio-economic status, use of media and mass communication tools, membership in civil organizations and associations, satisfaction with government policies, inter-ethnic trust, and regional and international factors.
002, the observed relationship between the two variables is significant at the 95 percent level; therefore, the above hypothesis is confirmed, and regional and international factors have an [inverse] effect on the political trust of the people of Kurdistan province.
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