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Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran,
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
The purpose of the current research is to introduce the political-culture of religious democracy as a desirable political culture from the perspective of the leaders of the Islamic Republic (Taking into account the assumption that the people of Iran are Muslims and believers and accept the sovereignty of divine decrees by the people for social arrangements and governance affairs in the country) and presenting a conceptual model to realize it and get out of the conflicting political cultures we are suffering from in Iranian society. the main question of the current research is how to operationalize the process of researching the political culture of religious democracy in the form of a conceptual model in Iranian society? In order to reach the answer of the research, we have benefited from the hindsight method aimed at the future and the combined quantitative and qualitative method. Also, by using the fuzzy Delphi method as well as the structural analysis method based on the tables of mutual relations matrix and by using the MicMac software, the most important and key drivers and uncertainties affecting the future of political culture in Iran were identified. The findings of the research show that the political culture of religious democracy, as a result of the integration of the drivers of myth-making, justice, Ashurai culture and Mahdism, the connection of religion and politics, and the desire for independence with the three tools of independence, freedom and democracy, provides the possibility of achieving the political culture of religious democracy.
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MLA
Navazeni,A. , and Harsij,H. . "Identifying and analyzing the key drivers influencing the future of political culture in Iran: Designing a conceptual model of desirable political culture", Strategy, 33, 1, 2024, 89-118. doi: 10.22034/rahbord.2024.443852.1651
HARVARD
Navazeni A., Harsij H. (2024). 'Identifying and analyzing the key drivers influencing the future of political culture in Iran: Designing a conceptual model of desirable political culture', Strategy, 33(1), pp. 89-118. doi: 10.22034/rahbord.2024.443852.1651
CHICAGO
A. Navazeni and H. Harsij, "Identifying and analyzing the key drivers influencing the future of political culture in Iran: Designing a conceptual model of desirable political culture," Strategy, 33 1 (2024): 89-118, doi: 10.22034/rahbord.2024.443852.1651
VANCOUVER
Navazeni A., Harsij H. Identifying and analyzing the key drivers influencing the future of political culture in Iran: Designing a conceptual model of desirable political culture. Strategy, 2024; 33(1): 89-118. doi: 10.22034/rahbord.2024.443852.1651