Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract The analysis of elections mainly focuses on the political acts and behaviors of the parties as well as interest groups of a society and describes the central reference of political fractions (for instants reformists or conservatives) that try to defeat the competing political wings. Using documentary method, the paper attempts to study the sociological aspect of the electoral behavior.  According to this approach, the inspiring sources of participation in the elections are social, environmental, economic and cultural conditions of the voters; as there exists a direct relationship between the social conditions of the voters and their political orientation. Therefore, the author studies the electoral behavior of the voters for the parliamentary elections in Iran and to this end he enjoys three models of political sociology, political economy and political psychology.

Abstract With the abolition of classic revolutions and in the mean time commencement of the new century, we witness surfacing and triumph of the so called "Colored Revolutions".  This paper while recognizing common and general features of the societies faced Colored Revolution, and paying attention to Yugoslavian example, as a case study, analyzes the possibility and impossibility of occurrence of such a phenomenon at the Iranian society. Therefore, the author considers the political structure of the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran and ways of its functioning at the social environment as well as means of social action at the Iranian society.  Based on the assumption of the author, due to existence of circumstances at the society and political system, happening of some social movements aiming at regime change in the Islamic Republic of Iran through Colored Revolution it would be possible. However, due to some obstacles in the political system and the society, triumph of such a revolution and realization of its aims would be impossible.

Abstract The panacea of justice and its different versions is the foremost ideal of human societies and the objective of establishment of governments especially the theocratic systems. The Iranian society and the Islamic Republic also stress on justice and expansion of justice more than any other time in a way that it may be claimed thatthe other hand, the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued the 20-Year National Perspective Document to all powers and related institutions in December 2003. On this basis, overall policies and development plans or executive directives have to besets out to find the guidelines for the realization of social justice in the Islamic -Year Perspective Document at the 2025 horizon. It tries todesign the desirable strategy and role for the governments as appropriate to them.On this ground, the author argues that inclusiveness and permanence constitute two major guidelines to that purpose.