جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « right to be elected » در نشریات گروه « علوم سیاسی »

The legal system of elections in Iran is based on the principles of the Constitution, legal institutions and electoral practices. These three sources are parallel and the legal institutions are in line with the Constitution and the practices are in line with the domestic laws. Assessment of the stability and value of the legal system of election is dependent on the association with the said sources; however, this connection cannot be measured with legal criteria. According to the Constitution, the legitimacy of officials and the validity of the affairs are driven from the elections. Legal system of elections cannot be stabilized on the basis of domestic laws, because accumulation of the laws with regard to the elections and their continuous changes in the aftermath of the Revolution together with the defects have led the legal system of elections to a phase of practice and error. Furthermore, the electoral practices and understandings of the domestic laws cannot contribute to the needed stability of the legal system of elections.

The rise of political Islam in a number of Muslim countries put this phenomenon in contrast with the principles of democracy as the most important value and tenet in the modern Western teachings. Political equality is one of the basic pillars of democracy, which is believed by a range of thinkers in both the Westernand Muslim Worlds to be in contrast with political Islam. They have portrayed political Islam as lacking the necessary capacity for realizing political equality. Turkey represents one of the unique examples where the logic of contrast between political Islam and the democratic principles has been challenged considerably. In this writing, using a descriptive-analytical approach, the author has discussed the performance of the Justice and Development Party in materializing the principle of political equality. The author has shown that in theoretical sense, political equality has been emphasized by the Party leaders in their platforms and campaign statements. In practical sense, the Party’s experiences in realizing political equality such as the right to elect, the right to be elected and to assume political positions have been analyzed and assessed. The research findings show the Party’s strong will and determination to realize and expand political equality in the aforementioned areas.