Pathology of Tehran women's political participation based on grounded theory

Akhondi, Mahdieh; Habibpour Gatabi, Karam; Hazrati Some&#039;eh, Zahra

doi:10.22059/jwdp.2023.351881.1008284

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

² Associate Professor of Sociology Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Khwarazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Associate Professor of Sociology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jwdp.2023.351881.1008284

Abstract

The issue of women's political participation in developing countries is a complex phenomenon and is related to the dynamics and development of political systems. The purpose of this research is to understand and analyze the situation of women's political participation, which was done with qualitative methodology and Grounded theory method. For this purpose, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with seventeen women living in Tehran who were selected by purposeful sampling and a combination of snowball strategies and maximum changes. After data analysis, 85 primary codes, seven core categories, and one core category were extracted through the data coding system: Causal conditions (economic issues and challenges, egalitarian governance), background conditions (unequal political structure and patriarchal challenges), intervening conditions (personal-spiritual factors), strategies (merits and creating a platform for prosperity), and consequences (active political activism of women and rejection of passivity) political). Also, "women's political participation; Meaningful and multifaceted action" was counted as the core category and finally the paradigm model extracted from the data was established. The findings indicate that women are active actors and activists in political participation and take actions based on political issues; An action of the type of participation that identifies the obstacles and facilitating factors can open the way for their active political participation as effective citizens in the field of politics.

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Sociology

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Pathology of Tehran women's political participation based on grounded theory

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