Youth, Social Capital and Political Development in Bandar Gaz

One of the most important aspects of development in any society is political development that may be associated with crisis in political participation. Political development is influenced by social, economic and cultural factors. The article was aimed at explaining political development among young people according to the variable of social capital. The method was a survey and was collected by the information questionnaire. All youth of the 15- to 40 -year -old port of Gaz have been selected as a statistical population of 36785. The cluster sampling method is multi -stage and the sample size is 380 people based on Cochran formula.The Results show that the mean political development variable is 2.01, which is above average. Political partnerships with an average of 2.31 have the highest average and the political freedom with an average of 1.76 has the lowest average among the dimensions of political development. The average social capital is less than the theoretical average of 3 and equals 2.77, so social capital is less than average. Social capital variable has a positive and direct relationship with political development. The results show that the role and confidence of social capital and social capital indicators in increasing and accelerating the political development of the port of Gaz should be taken into account. Therefore, by increasing trust, one can increase political trust and social trust and provide the basis for the political development of society.