A sociological study of the impact of good governance quality on urban life quality (Case study: member countries of the Islamic Cooperation Organization)

Document Type : Original Research

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PhD in Economic Sociology and Development, Tabriz University

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Improving the quality of life of citizens is one of the most important duties of governments, and the degree of their success in achieving this depends on various factors. In new development approaches, good governance has been proposed to improve urban quality of life. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study the impact of good governance on urban quality of life. The research method is secondary analysis, using existing data on good governance from the World Bank and urban quality of life from the Numbeo database in 2022. The statistical population of the research consists of member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Considering that data for 12 of these countries are available in the Numbeo database among the 57 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, these 12 countries have been selected as the sample size. SPSS software and Pearson correlation and regression tests have been used for data analysis. The findings of the research indicate that there is a significant direct correlation between good governance and urban quality of life. Additionally, after controlling for multicollinearity among the dimensions of good governance, the corruption control dimension has a significant direct impact on increasing urban quality of life and explains 68% of the changes in urban quality of life. Furthermore, after aggregating all governance components into a single variable called good governance, this variable also had a significant direct impact on urban quality of life and explained 56% of the variance in quality of life. Therefore, member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation should prioritize their policy-making efforts to improve citizen quality of life by enhancing good governance indicators (especially corruption control).

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Journal of Sociology of Lifestyle (SLS)
Volume 9, Issue 1
March 2025
Pages 83-98

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  • Receive Date: 22 February 2025
  • Revise Date: 23 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 24 February 2025
  • Publish Date: 20 March 2024

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