Hooman Hajati

Women's Participation in the Political System of Iran from (1991-2008): Political Participation of Women Hooman Hajati

The book is called?Women?s Participation in the Political System of Iran?. There are evidently several social-political, legal and cultural barriers that obstruct the entry of women into political arena. Since the number of women participants are rather low, the book focuses on socio-political factors that influence the participation of women as electorate in the five General Elections between 1991-2008. It utilized cross-sectional data of longitudinal studies to arrive at conclusion. The dependent factors of demography are ranged against hindrance factors set along five dimensions. These factors and hindrance factors are compared also the relevance of the factors between each corresponding election are studied using the Pearson significant number and test like , Maan-Whitny U test , Kolmogrov- Smirnow test and Creamer -Khido test etc. To prove that tendency to participate does exist but the impediment factors of illiteracy, patriarchal view point, traditions, culture and norms act as obstructions to the entry of women in political field. It is recommended that Iranian women must overcome their reluctance and become equal participants in the sust