Identification and Analysis of Influential Factors in Good Rural Governance (Case Study: Ardabil County)

Problem definition: 

Rural governance is a new process in the rural management system, which has different principles, criteria, and indicators, as well as many players in the rural field.

 The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the influence of Shura, Dehiari, Agricultural Jihad, Housing Foundation, etc. in the rural governance of Ardabil County.

 This research was practical in terms of purpose with a descriptive-analytical nature. The statistical population included 30 experts and specialists in the rural field. The sampling method was targeted at the beginning and followed by snowball sampling. Mactor software was used to analyze the issue. 9 actors and 9 targets were analyzed in the software and the degrees of effectiveness, competitiveness, convergence, agreement, and divergence between the actors were investigated.

 The results showed that the actors’ performances played an important role in determining and achieving goals. The highest number of effects (111) was related to social networks. The highest level of competitiveness (2.05) was related to social networks. The goal of governance accountability also had the highest level of agreement between the actors.

Innovation: 

In this research, for the first time, analysis of the key factors of rural governance was done by using the Mactor technique.