Explaining the Structural Pattern of Social Order in Kashan, Based on Citizen Participation

The purpose of this study was to design a proportional model of social order in the city of Kashan based on citizen participation. The research method used in this study is a descriptive survey and a field survey. The statistical population includes all the citizens of Kashan, according to the Census of 2016, number 304487. The sample size was 384 people based on Cochran formula and available by random method. The research instrument consisted of two social order questionnaires with 4 questions and citizen participation (with five sub-variables: goals, support, management, structure and evaluation), with 20 questions and the Social Order has 15 items. The data were analyzed by structural equation analysis using AMOS software. The results showed that in general, citizen participation has had an impact on social order in the city of Kashan with a structural model and a proportional model of 5 factors of participation and this model is such that participation management has the most impact on social order with a coefficient of 0.73. The structure of participation had the least effect on social order with an impact factor of 0.41.