POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PATTERN IN THE THEORIES OF WELLAYAT-E FAQIH

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If we consider political participation generally as the involvement of individuals in activities in the political system at different levels, with respect to the elective theory of Wellayat-e Faqih and the appointive theory of Wellayat-e Faqih the relationship between the individual and the state will be agentitive with respect to some in dexes. The political participation indexes discussed in this paper are the  right to choose and to be chosen, the right to protest, to supervise, and to criticize.