Pathology of Political Organization of Space in Iran from the Perspective of Structure-Agency Approach

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
S. Azizi 1
R. Afzali 2
1 Master of Political Geography, Tehran University, Tehran,. Iran.
2 Associate Professor of Political Geography, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Political organization of space is an organized human space based on political considerations and it is one of the most important factors of territoriality in different scales for political roles, to control and effective management of land and in all countries of the world it is one of the pillars of development. The civil divisions of the country are one of the dimensions of the political organization of the space used by governments. The research method is descriptive-analytic and the method of data collection is matrix. The purpose of this study is the pathology of the political organization of space in Iran from the perspective of the structure- agent approach. The results show that the structural factor with components such as constitution, type of government, national security, laws of division of the country, development programs, security laws, emergency controls, strategic ideas, high oversight, the prevailing political discourse and the central development model have the greatest impacts. Among the components of the Agent, the components of president and members of parliament have a high weight in the political organization of space in Iran but other agent components are not effective and in general, the influence of the structure factor in political organization of space is greater than the agent in Iran.

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Political Organizing of Space
Volume 4, Issue 3 - Serial Number 15
December 2022
Pages 174-191