IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Year:2018 | Volume:4 | Issue:2 |Papers Count:10

The policy-making process is one of the main pillars of the political, economic, social and cultural system of a country, which is an integral part of the state decision-making system. One of the latest and most important knowledge theories of policy making are the interactive policy-making topic that plays an important role in the development and advancement of countries. Since corruption in our country is one of the main measures, it is necessary to deal with the related issues. Money laundering is one of the most important examples of corruption, which is often done through the banking system. In this research, an interactive policy framework for Anti money laundering in the Islamic Republic of Iran's banking system has been developed. The method of this study is a qualitative method that identifies and analyzes the data using the method of analysis of the subject. According to the research findings, 265 indicators were extracted from interviews and international and domestic literature. Out of these indicators, 56 organizing themes and 5 themes were identified. Based on the results of the study, the interactive policy framework for combating money laundering in the Iran's Banking System is providing participatory and managerial measures that are effective with the intelligence and interacting partners, in order to achieve the relevant goals.

Studies show innovation policies in the world have increased the gap between rich and poor. So a new conceptual research era has developed as a new looks to public policy making as “ inclusive growth” and “ inclusive innovation” to identify the innovative practices which results in inequality reduction. This research aims to identify the structural dimensions of inclusive innovation formation. The study is a qualitative met synthesis on inclusive innovation articles. “ Heeks inclusive innovation ladder” was used for data analysis and the identified items were classified in micro to macro level. The final Model has four Dimensions: Government, appropriate technology, international networks and NGOs as structural dimensions affecting inclusive innovation. Study finding emphasis on appropriate technology as a suitable platform for engaging and empowering the marginalized people in order to reduce the inequality.

Policy foundations, anti-poverty programs and institutional mechanism of social assistance in Iran have major shortcomings. This study aiming to determine mechanisms of social assistance system based on capability approach and social assistance governance, seeks to answer the question of what should be the content of policies, programs and methods of social assistance implementation based on these two approaches. According to theoretical literature review, this research focuses on capability approach and social assistance governance to take advantage of recommendations, research literature and other countries experiences. For this purpose, relevant political, scientific documents and Beneficiary groups’ expectations of social assistance were collected and their contents were analyzed using thematic literature review. The findings indicate that capability approach emphasizes changing relationship of poverty and growth, measuring multidimensional poverty, and exiting the poor from poverty. Social assistance governance is also emphasized on the three components: designing integrated poverty alleviation programs, implementation requirements, and evaluation of programs and institutions.

This paper proposes a model for understanding the e-participation concept in particular context of Iran by using Grounded theory method, In this regard, we conducted 15 open interview with EP to explore the EP concept and processes to develop EP model, then we implemented all coding in MaxQDA12 software. By data analysis within open coding process 404abstract concepts in form of 28 main categories were immerged. The results indicate EP involve three domains including EP policy making, EP systems & EP cycle in public policy process. Developing EP in an effective manner requires political-socio-technical approach & participative strategy we called it “ National acceptance & discoursing strategy” considering multi factors as causal factors, contextual factors, intervening factors.

The importance of politics is so high that any attempt to improve the policy making process is considered important. This improvement can also be achieved by utilizing the capacity of other sciences like Futures Study. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop the capacity of the public policy process through the use of futures study methods. For the purpose of limiting the scope and applicability of the results, the oil and gas policy process has been selected as the case of study. In order to this, after studying the literature, and with the opinion of the supervisor and counselors, a 6-point Likert Scales questionnaire was designed, and 15 experts answered the questions. The number of experts has been determined based on the required sample in Delphi analysis, so the fuzzy Delphi method has been used to analyze the data. Based on the results, system thinking method at the stage of identifying and evaluating policy issues stage, scenario at the stage of creating policy options, cost-benefit analysis at the ex-ante assessment stage, action plan at the policy implementation stage, and policy review and policy impact assessment at the ex-post evaluation stage are the most suitable.

In this article, we investigate policies to enhance happiness in Iranian schools. Conducting organizational documents analysis and semi-structured interviews, we addressed measures, and perceptions of happiness in education system. We contend that happiness, a neutral emotional state of human being, is deemed to satisfy some ideological functions for education system. Accordingly, authorities tend to distinguish between two different definitions of happiness, shadi (corporal joy) and neshat (spiritual happiness) in schools, which requires different process and structure of meaning for policy making. In order to restrain students’ attentions to corporal pleasure, some mechanisms have been implemented, i. e. exclusion, oppression and reprimand, while no executive plan has been defined for encouraging students to spiritual happiness. Lack of positive policies for strengthening neshat on the one hand, and emphasis on negative and punitive reactions against students way of life, on the other, make the atmosphere of schools extremely unpleasant.

The development of e-commerce has led to the creation of three generations of electronic contracts from binary signature_oriented contracts to data-oriented contracts and Smart contracts. This paper, based on the documentary methodology, seeks to answer what the concept of Smart contracts is and essentially this Contracts are considered valid or Not? What does the self-Execution feature mean in these contracts and what role it plays in the development of the trading system? And do the general rules governing contracts can meet the needs of this category of these group contracts? Smart contracts are contracts that are contracted in the Blockchain, and the consideration replaces them as smart assets or digital cryptocurrencies. To conclude these agreements, individuals need to obtain a license to own virtual currencies in accordance with the 2017 Convention on the Unification of Business-Trade-Based Circulation of Virtual Currencies, obtaining a license to use digital signatures to sign the contract, and identify their identity and property by the government. These contracts are considered to be correct and valid in accordance with the definition and terms of the contracts in the legal systems. This study, with the comparative study of the Legal system of the United States, seeks to state that these contracts, with regard to having the self-Execution attribute, apply to the implementation of the contract without interference The third person, and the implementation of the guarantee of non-performance of contractual obligations, and this feature is due to having the attribute of increased security, lowering costs and increasing the speed and accuracy of concluding transactions due to the development of the exchange system. This article is set up in two sections. The first part expresses the concept and validity of Smart contracts in the second part to express the self-Execution, it''s role in the development of the exchange system and it''s policy process.

After the onset of the civil war in Syria and the request for help from the Syrian government, the Islamic Republic of Iran consider the paramilitary mechanism's establishment and reinforcement part of its security policies in Syria. Despite the positive role of parallel military structures, objective evidence suggests a high probability of dissolving or weakening these structures in post-war situations. Therefore, when the military institution does not have the necessary capabilities to restrain future security threats in the future, the question is: What are the security requirements of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Syria after war? Accordingly, this article is based on the hypothesis that the Islamic Republic of Iran should push its security policy in post-war Syria to maintain the legality of Syrian and non-Syrian paramilitary structures in the context of implementing a strategy for the continuation of an adventurous presence in the country.

Public Policy studies, examines the factors influencing on public policies, the impact of policies on society and uses various methods in this regard. The complexity of the public policy environment, the different dimensions of policy issues, and the various factors affecting the variables studied in the field of public policy in different societies, requires that policy analysts be equipped with appropriate methodological approaches So that they can study these phenomena in their own context. In the meantime, the thematic analysis is a method for determining, analyzing and expressing the existing patterns within the data. This method, at least, organizes the data and describes it in detail but it can go beyond that and interpret different aspects of the subject matter of the research. This paper, considering the importance of the qualitative research methods in the policy researches, explained the features and stages of thematic analysis and described the examples of the application of this method in policy researches and finally introduced suitable software for implementation of this method.

This book discuss and define cultural policy in countries such as: America, France and countries with legacy of Coloniality or Internal Coloniality and the Olympics opening ceremony, an internationally recognized platform for a host country to present their national identiy and their cultural policy. The Author use comparative methodology for this research because this method would explain the wide variability in modes of cultural policy as a reflection of broader political ideological and administrative traditions. This research answers to this question: Is public policymaking fundamentally political or not? By adopting pragmatic approach, author responds positively to this question. The study of the political nature of public policy makes it possible to understand its importance in the policy process. To question the political character of policymaking consider that the activities carried out by the stakeholders to shape public policy are core processes not only in understanding the forms that public policy eventually takes but also in understanding the unfolding forms of politicization and the modes of legitimacy used by those who govern. The author believes that policy making in the context of political science has many benefits and helps solve many public issues. He presents a solution to social problems as a complex process in which there are actors and policy proposals that lead to a final solution through a complex process.