Political Culture and Its Social Factors: Case Study of Golestan Province of Iran

Political culture, as an aspect of public culture, is a system of political values, attitudes and knowledge by which people interpret their political engagements. The main question of this research was to study the social factors that explain variations of political culture of Golestan Province of Iran. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, Data was collected from a random sample of 562 individuals, living in the cities of the Golestan Province of Iran. Results showed that the society had various political cultures. Also some factors such as educational level, societal security, religion and gender could relatively explain the changes of the political culture and its differences in the society.