Investigating the position of NGOs in improving the economic, political and social conditions of citizens

Najari, Ghasem; Khosravi, Mohammad Ali; Izadi, Jahanbakhsh; Abolhasan Shirazi, Habibullah

doi:10.22075/ijnaa.2023.31765.4710

Investigating the position of NGOs in improving the economic, political and social conditions of citizens

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Ghasem Najari ¹

Mohammad Ali Khosravi ¹

Jahanbakhsh Izadi ²

Habibullah Abolhasan Shirazi ²

¹ Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Political Science and International Relations, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22075/ijnaa.2023.31765.4710

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to investigate the position of NGOs in improving the economic, political and social conditions of citizens in Tehran Municipality between 2010 and 2018. The statistical population of this research is the managers and senior experts of the 22 districts of Tehran and their related 121 districts, of which 220 people including the mayors of each district and its districts and senior managers will be selected as a statistical sample in the order of position priority. The required information was also collected through a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed, and the results were obtained based on Friedman's test, quadratic factor analysis method, and using SPSS and Lisrel software. The obtained results indicate a significant difference in the components of urban management and confirm NGOs' role in improving urban management (urban social sciences, urban economics and urban politics) in Tehran Municipality from 2018 to 2019. Based on the Friedman test, the significant difference in the components has been investigated. The result of the ranking shows that the urban economy component has the highest rank and is the component in which NGOs play a more effective role. Finally, after performing the exploratory factor analysis, the fitting of the model and second-degree confirmatory analysis were done, the findings of which show that NGOs played an influential role in the component of social sciences, urban economy and urban policy improvement in Tehran Municipality between 2010 and 2018. has it. The main role of NGOs is related to the urban economy component. Considering that providing citizens' needs, and providing welfare services, are basically infrastructures that are established by municipalities. All of them ultimately lead to the dynamism of the city's economy and the improvement of the citizens' well-being.

Keywords

NGOs

economic

political

social conditions of citizens

Nonlinear Analysis

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