Desiging a Model of the Islamic-Iranian Citizenshp Culture Based on the Metasynthesis Method along with Suggestions for its Development

Two decades into the third millennium, citizenship culture has emerged as a new and controversial subject among sociologists and the scholars of other related areas. Hence, in the past few years scholars have presented several models of the citizenship culture for Western civil society which don’t fit well into the Islamic-Iranian principles of our society. Therefore, the present study aims to provide a model of citizenship culture based on Islamic-Iranian principles using a descriptive-exploratory study via a developmental-applied approach. The statistical population of the study – which is used to assess the content validity of the model - regarded the experts of the field of culture and civil rights practicing within Iran. Fifteen people were selected as the study sample through purposive sampling method. The data collection instrument was the deep library research and an expert questionnaire. Finally, in this study, which was based on a seven-step meta-synthesis approach, a model of citizenship culture based on Islamic-Iranian principles is presented which includes three dimensionsregarding legal issues, duties, and values of citizenship, with 13 main components. Finally, the strategies for the development and enhancement of the culture of Islamic-Iranian citizenship in Iran are presented.