Analyzing, Prioritizing and Modeling Political Capital Prerequisites Using a Mixed Approach

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. Student in Public Administration, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

2 Professor of public administration. Department of Management and Accounting, Allame tabatabaei University, tehran, Iran

Abstract

Despite the fact that political capital is very important in countries that are based on democracy, Currently due to the lack of attention to political capital, the political trust of citizens in government officials has decreased. Low political capital leads to a decrease in citizen participation and political awareness and a decrease in trust in government officials. Therefore, it is necessary to design the prerequisites of political capital and prioritize these factors, the necessary investment to realize and promote political capital to increase the citizens' trust and conscious participation in those in charge. The existence of a democratic state requires the conscious participation of citizens, which leads to the realization of political capital. The aim of the present study is to analyze, prioritize and present the model of political capital prerequisites. This study from the perspective of goal is practical, and of nature and the method is applied-descriptive and is among mixed studies. In the qualitative section, 11 professors of management and political science through semi-structured interviews, and in the quantitative section, 21 political experts and government officials through paired comparison questionnaires have participated in this study. For coding data Atlas.ti software and prioritizing answers fuzzy Delphi method has been used. The findings of the study show that the domination of interactive culture over the society, decreasing of power distance, increasing of citizen’s social freedom, and political transparency are the most important factors in creating political capital. The results of the study inform officials and political decision-makers about the importance of political capital and provide the basis for increasing the political trust of citizens by strengthening the incentives of political capital.
 

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Strategy
Volume 30, Issue 2 - Serial Number 99
September 2021
Pages 267-298

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  • Receive Date: 14 July 2021
  • Revise Date: 11 October 2021
  • Accept Date: 12 October 2021

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