The Impact of Socialization on Political Participation in Jordan (1989-2015)

Awad Bshara  Alswalmeen; Mohammad Saleh  Bani Issa

doi:10.35516/hum.v51i6.9514

Authors

Awad Bshara Alswalmeen Researcher in Political Affairs, Jordan https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8060-4657
Mohammad Saleh Bani Issa Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Jadara University, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3179-1613

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v51i6.9514

Keywords:

Political participation, socialization, Jordanian parties, political awareness, Jordan

Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to show the reality and influence of socialization on political participation from the point view of Political party leaders in Jordan.

Methods: The study in order to measuring the level of influence of socialization and find the degree of participation, used the descriptive analytical method to analyze the data collected through a refereed scientific questionnaire targeted the active party leaders and party figures in Jordan, consisting of (297) selected as a random sample

Results: The study findings were, a medium degree of approval among party leaders and figures on the reality of socialization, a medium degree of approval on the reality of political participation and the presence of a statistically significant effect of socialization on political participation explains a percentage of (57.6%). And from the variation in political participation indicates that the extent of the clear impact of socialization on the process of political participation in Jordan.

Conclusions: The study concluded that there is a need to work to raise the level of political awareness among young people in society, and the political parties must work on formulating and preparing integrated programs with clear goals and vision in order to attract the target group and participation within it in political future work in Jordan. That can be achieved only by moving to actual work, and activating the role of various governmental institutions, agencies and community organizations in spreading awareness of political culture among young people through educational, media, cultural and partisan institutions.

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