The Typology of Political Culture and its Pathological Implications for Political Stability and Civil Society in Contemporary Iran

The paper aim is recognizing types of political culture and studying pathological relation between these types and political development in contemporary Iran. The theoretical framework is based on this presumption that if political culture types do not strengthen political stability and also do not reinforcement civil society – as essential components of political development – they will have pathological consequences. The study method is Documentary, and uses interpretation and analytical techniques. Tribal, ethnically fragmented, mass and populist, Islamic, and identity-based political culture of youth and women are specific types of political culture in contemporary Iranian society. Also the results suggest that the political culture types not only have a convergence with political development but in some cases threaten political stability and undermine civil society.