Political Socialization Pathways in Kurdistan Region: Between Mobilizing Partisan and Democratic Upbringing

Abstract

This research tries to provide a scientific understanding of the political socialization processes in Kurdistan Region, because this processes considered as one of the basic functions, which affect all aspects of political life and interaction between political structures in different political systems. The research argued that the political socialization process in Kurdistan Region split on two pathways, the first pathway, which is the dominant path, works on the mobilizing partisan, in order to ensure the sustainability of the influence of the dominance parties on the political life in this region; the second pathway, which is the weakness path, work on the democratic upbringing of citizens. In this context, the dominant parties in this region has made intensive efforts in order to control the agencies that play role of the function of political socialization, such as; civic organizations and media institutions.­