the objective followed in this descriptive-survey research was to investigate factors influencing farmers’ attitudes toward participation in water users’ associations. the statistical population of the study consisted of 1435 farmers of markazi district of zanjan county out of whom 329 were selected as sample using cochran formula. random sampling technique was used for the study. a questionnai...

Abstract Participation is a key issue in understanding didactic dynamics. On the one hand, youth participatory cultures are described as incorporating gaming, multitasking, transmedia navigation and networking; on other pre-digital meaning of participation retains political value related to individual commitment for common good socio-constructivist learning design. There connection among commun...

Some US states have introduced measures to increase voter participation. I develop a formal model of elections to study how these measures affect political outcomes. I find that at high enough levels, measures to increase turnout lead to candidates converging at the median voter’s ideal point, as candidates switch from choosing policies that motivate their partisan base to competing over centri...

This study deals with the issue of non-formal education in the Czech Republic. In this regard, it focuses on the participation of adults in non-formal education in and outside of a workplace and on the conditioning factors of their participation. For this purpose, the study uses a quantitative research strategy through which the data for the representative sample of adults were collected (N = 1...

the main objective of this study was to investigate the understanding of relationship between social capital and participation in sports activities. the study was descriptive and methods of data collection and field measurement tool were made by the researcher as questionnaires. the population of the study, all women over 18 years old and lived in iran, was 164, 535 people. the sample size was ...