Research Letter of Political Science

Pathology of Guild protests of educators (2017-2023)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Khalil Sardarnia 1
Gholamreza Fatehinezhad 2
Hengameh Alborzi 3

1 Professor of Political Sciences at Shiraz University

2 Master of political science at Shiraz University

3 Ph.D. in Political Science from Shiraz University

https://doi.org/10.22034/ipsa.2024.520
Abstract
With the significant emergence of economic-livelihood crises from the second half of the 2010s onwards and protests in the country, Teachers have also participated in these demanding in self-motivated street forums. The interesting point in these demands, was desperation and despair towards Guild unions and civil institutions, in the unique conditions that internet social networks have created to organize protests. The main question of the current research is why, in recent years, teachers do not carry out their Guild union Demandings through Guild unions? by using the theory of street politics and by using library and internet resources as well as the field method (Structured interview) and with qualitative and quantitative content analysis method of obtained data, this hypothesis was proposed: the decrease in trust in the functions of Guild unions, their conservatism and the lack of continuous pursuit of Guild union, along with high capacities of mobilization, stimulation and participation of Internet social networks, they have influenced the street and self-motivation of teachers' union demands and the reduction of the role of trade unions in recent years. Therefore, with solutions such as: providing freedom for guild union and institutional activities of teachers, creating arrangements and legal opportunities to deliver demands to the authorities, the need to strengthen legality and belief in the law, the need to continuously follow up demands by trade unions, etc., we can trust the organizations trade union and as a result institutionalized demands were brought back to the society.

Keywords

Street protests
Street politics
Guild unions
Educators
Demands

Subjects

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Research Letter of Political Science
Volume 19, Issue 3 - Serial Number 75
No.75
Autumn 2024
Pages 125-158

  • Receive Date 01 August 2024
  • Revise Date 06 October 2024
  • Accept Date 19 October 2024

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