A SURVEY ON ROLE OF RURAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION COUNCIL IN PERFORMANCE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT; (CASE STUDY: VILLAGES AROUND THE CITY OF ZANJAN)

Abstract

Dispute Resolution Council is a friendly, non hostile and illegal approach for resuming dialogue
between the conflicting parties, maintaining healthy relationships, restoration of public order and
social justice, that has manifested at administrative and judicial arenas of villages aiming at
settlement of disputes among villagers outside the court through secretary of defense as well as
attracting public participation at managing rural development process. This study aimed to
investigate role of Rural Dispute Resolution Council in Performance of Rural Management
regarding case study of villages around the city of Zanjan. Analytic-descriptive research method
has been used where the instruments to collect data mentioned questionnaire, and the statistical
population consists of 13 villages of villages around the city of Zanjan of which 293 individuals
taken as statistical sample using Cochran sampling method. In this study, Factor Analysis has
been used to analyze data. The results from findings indicate that Dispute Resolution Council has
had positive performance at rural managing in sake of participation and security.