Review the Relationship between Social Development and Political Culture

The main question of the present study is what effect does social development have on political culture? In answer to this question, Leftovich's theory of historical development, Almond's typology of political culture, and the indicators of social development of the ISS have been used. The research method is quantitative and research data were collected by a questionnaire. The statistical population is the citizens of the five districts of Rasht. The results of the research confirm this main hypothesis of the research which increases the level of participatory political culture by increasing the indicators of social development. The political culture of the majority of the people of Rasht is subordinate and the rate of social development in the people of Rasht is less than average. There is also a significant difference between people in different areas of Rasht in terms of social development, which indicates the confirmation of the research hypotheses.