A Framework for the Analysis and Comparison of the Political Culture of Iran

Achieving a model for the analysis and comparison of the political culture of Iran requires the study and examination of the system, procedure and policymaking in the social and political process. Iran, having had periods of ups and downs, has provided its people a lot of experiences. Despite of the existing structures of political participation, political culture in the second Pahalvi era has not developed a lot, due to the weakness of the political culture. Through the victory of the Islamic revolution, good grounds and structures were provided for achieving the participative political culture.This paper has made comparisons through the historical-comparative method based on Almond’s theory of political culture(with some modifications) and has concluded that, after the Islamic revolution, the share of the participative political culture has been more than other kinds and the development in Iranians’ political culture is remarkable.