HAMID SEDAGHAT; samad beheshty; hamideh dehghani
Abstract
Background : The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between social capital and political participation of youth.
Method: This study was conducted with a quantitative approach and a survey method, and the data was collected using a questionnaire. The statistical population of the ...
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Background : The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between social capital and political participation of youth.
Method: This study was conducted with a quantitative approach and a survey method, and the data was collected using a questionnaire. The statistical population of the research included young people living in Shiraz. After collecting the questionnaires, the necessary information has been analyzed with SPSS and Amos software.
Findings: The findings show that there is a significant relationship between the dimensions of social capital (institutional trust, social trust, social and cultural participation, social relations, support of friends and family, social norms) and youth political participation.
conclusion: Among the dimensions of trust, social trust has not had a direct impact on youth political participation. As a result, the mere existence of social trust does not lead to people's political participation. Social trust can indirectly increase people's political participation by increasing their participation and social relations. Based on this, it cannot be said that the entire scale of social trust has an effect on political participation. And the more social trust people have, the more their political participation is. Also, two dimensions of social norms and their relationship with political participation were investigated, and this relationship was also rejected. Any participation in norms and values does not lead to social capital and political participation. Rather, those norms that lead to and are based on honesty, fulfillment of obligations and mutual communication are somehow effective in producing social capital and increasing participation