Institutional analysis of women's social capital and its effect on the elections of the Islamic Council

Social capital is a set of concepts such as trust, norms, relationships and networks, which creates optimal communication and participation between the members of a society and ultimately provides the mutual benefits of society members. Institutionalists refer to institutional factors such as traditions, customs, culture and religion as informal constraints and as influencing factors on individual perception, and these parameters play a role in creating social capital of individuals. Institutions are like the rules of the game in a political-social structure, and the institutional framework includes both formal institutions and informal institutions, which includes moral rules and value norms, the sum of beliefs and convictions that regulate human behavior. The institutional approach focuses on social capital as a dependent variable. According to the researches, there is a significant relationship between social capital and increasing the amount of political participation in different societies. As much as the social capital of people increases, they will have a higher chance to be in the power structure. Here, an attempt is made to explain the relationship between women's social capital and their presence in the Islamic Council.