Explaining Political Trust in Iranian Balochistan

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

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

2 Department of Political Science-Political Sociology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Political Science Faculty ,Central Tehran Branch,Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran.

Abstract

Given the comprehensive relationship between the people and the government, political trust is very important in the social and political structure of any country and can be considered as one of the signs of the legitimacy and popular acceptance of governments. کرد. Thus, changes in the level of political trust are of interest to all governments. On the other hand, countries with ethnic and racial diversity should pay more attention to the issue of political trust in their sovereign territory and constantly monitor the factors affecting political trust and try to improve and raise its level. Because the decrease in the level of political trust among ethnic groups and individuals will seriously challenge the relations between the government and the nation. Therefore, the present article examines and explains the political trust in Baluchistan, Iran. The findings of this study indicate that due to the relative political distrust that has developed in the Baloch community over the years, this people are in a situation of divergence. One of the main causes of political distrust in Balochistan society to the government is rooted in the culture of trust in the region, which is the result of past events, prejudices and mentalities of Balochistan society from the behavior of authoritarian and authoritarian centralist governments.

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