scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution

Abstract The political participation of university students is one of the key mechanisms for political development and the realization of a democratic political system in Iranian society. Accordingly, the primary objective of this study is to understand and analyze the components that enhance student political participation in the post-Islamic Revolution era in Iran, using the qualitative meta-synthesis method. This research employs an inductive qualitative meta-synthesis approach, covering the period from 1997 to 2024. Through purposive non-probability sampling, 120 scholarly sources were extracted from academic databases including Noormags, Magiran, and IranDoc. After screening and selection, 85 scientific documents were finalized as the sample and subjected to analysis using Excel and Maxqda 2022 software. The results indicate that various factors have contributed to the enhancement of political participation among university students during this period. These include: social factors such as social capital, social reference models, and societal values and norms, as well as participatory family structures; cultural factors including cultural policymaking, the promotion of an Islamic-Iranian lifestyle, religious discourse in universities, and media literacy; political factors such as political development, political culture, political capital, and political governance; psychological factors including internal motivation, self-esteem, and norm-oriented personality; economic factors such as levels of economic capital and economic development; and contextual-demographic factors including level of education, type of employment, and place of residence

Abstract The Islamic Revolution was one of the important changes in Iran for the creation and development of national identity against subcultural, contradictory and intra-ethnic identities and was able to facilitate the transition from ethnic identity to national identity by relying on social capital, the consequences of which were the promotion of social tolerance, reduction of ethnic political conflicts and the multilateral connection and bonding of ethnicities with the governance of the Islamic Revolution. Accordingly, the main purpose of the study is to study the national identity of Iranians from the perspective of social capital during the periods of 1384 to 1403. The research method is quantitative meta-analysis (CMA2); the unit of analysis is articles (Normegs, Mag Iran) and masters and doctoral theses (Iran Doc) in the period 2005 to 2024. 50 scientific documents were selected from the statistical population using a deliberate-non-probability method (article evaluation according to entry and exit criteria); 31 sample sizes were selected and the results were analyzed using Cohen's d and Fisher's f tests. The results show that social capital, as a macro-social indicator, has been able to influence the connection and belonging to the national identity after the Islamic Revolution, and the value of this effect coefficient is equal to 43 percent. Also, the dimensions of social capital, including social belonging (0.389); social cohesion (0.308); social participation (0.418); social support (0.355); social awareness (0.292), have been effective in promoting the national identity of Iranians after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, and this effect is significant.