Support for Democracy in Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Güneş Murat Tezcür (0000-0002-5722-6209, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA), Taghi Azadarmaki (University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Mehri Bahar (University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran), Hooshang Nayebi (0000-0001-9003-6215, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-247 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912910395326 |
| OpenAlex | W2054586811 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 45 |
This article presents the first systematic analysis of support for democracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran and contributes to the scholarly literature on popular views of democracy in an authoritarian regime. It reaches three main findings. First, religiosity is strongly and negatively related with support for democracy. Second, education and age indirectly affect support for democracy; their effects are mediated through satisfaction with regime performance. Third, greater dissatisfaction with the regime strongly correlates with greater demands for democratization. The data come from a survey conducted in Tehran in 2008 and the 2005 Iranian World Values Survey
Affect (linguistics · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Islam · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · World Values Survey · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,83 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |