Introduction to Political Instability: Towards a Comprehensive and Updated Model

Abolfazl Delavari

Volume 1, Issue 2 , September 2015, , Pages 59-93

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2015.1805

Abstract
  Purpose: Political instability is an issue that has always been attracted attention rulers and scholars. in recent decades to research on this subject has been developed. In Iran, the studies and researches on this topic are increasingly expending. However, this studies and research are not yet accurate ...  Read More

Qualitative Assessment of the Management Model of Welfare Organization in Social Harms Reduction through a Paradigmatic Model

Hamid Sajjadi

Volume 6, Issue 21 , July 2020, , Pages 59-97

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2020.19946.276

Abstract
  In Iran, a major part of the supporting measures of government to prevent social problems and support vulnerable groups and persons with disabilities, is offered through the Social Welfare Organization. Despite attracting the cooperation of civil society organizations in support of the disadvantaged ...  Read More

Gender Policy in Contemporary Iran: The Role of State in Changing the Status and Rights of Women (1891–2013)

Elaheh Sadeghi

Volume 7, Issue 27 , December 2021, , Pages 59-87

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2021.43143.710

Abstract
  Gender policy in contemporary Iran has experienced many fluctuations, but it has generally brought about significant changes in the status of women. The question of this article is focused on political factors, especially the role of state, in these changes. Using a historical–comparative method, ...  Read More

Limited State; Rereading the Politics of "Dominance and Change" in the Second Pahlavi Period Based on the Theory of Jol.S. Migdal

Alireza Samiee Esfahani

Volume 8, Issue 30 , August 2022, , Pages 59-92

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2022.69992.1321

Abstract
  The main goal of the upcoming research is to analyze and read a piece of the history of "dominance and change" in Iran in the two decades of 1340 and 1350 AD, which in practice can be said to be a representation or a comprehensive mirror of the totality of state-society relations in the history of Iran. ...  Read More

The State
Education and Modernization of Iran in the First Pahlavi Government

Majid Ostovar

Volume 9, Issue 34 , July 2023, , Pages 59-97

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2023.71214.1359

Abstract
  Although Iran's contact with developments in the Western world can be found in the European travelogues of Iranians during the “Safavid” and “Qajar” periods, But Iranians' dealings with the West go back to the Iran-Russia War.When Iran's military forces were defeated by Russia, ...  Read More

Governments and Social-institutional Responsibility of Peacebuilding in Multicultural Societies

Mojtaba Maghsoudi

Volume 8, Issue 29 , June 2022, , Pages 60-85

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2022.67403.1244

Abstract
  War and peace are the reality of all ages of human societies, including multicultural societies centered on the institution of state. Whether peace is the product of state action or whether peace is a political reality and something that can be made or something that is unconscious and assumed, all these ...  Read More

An Analysis on Failed State in Libya

Enayatollah Yazdani; Mostafa Qasemi

Volume 2, Issue 6 , September 2016, , Pages 61-96

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2016.4752

Abstract
  Purpose: The aim of the present paper is to examin the features and characteristics of a failed state with emphasis on the failed state in Libya. The paper seeks to answer the following questions: "Under what conditions does a state end in failure? And what are the criteria of a failed state?" With regard ...  Read More

History
The Concept of Efficient Government in Qawanin al-Wizarah by Abul Hasan al-Mawirdi (d. 450 AH) Understood by the Conceptual Approach of Thomas Spragens

Alireza Ashtari Tafreshi

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, , Pages 61-98

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.74200.1423

Abstract
  Qawanin al-Wizarah is one of the most significant works of Abul Hasan al-Mawirdi, a policy theoretical scholar of the 5th century AH, in which he presented a constructed image of the government; however, this image is not purely theoretical, but also that is to a great amount image of government with ...  Read More

An Analysis of Iranian Government Proceedings to Setup Economic Institutions During 1940s-1970s

Ebrahim Eltejaei

Volume 2, Issue 5 , June 2016, , Pages 63-99

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2016.4153

Abstract
  Purpose: Among the widespread views on the role of government in economy, an intermediate view introduces the most important priority for government as creation of institutional infrastructures. According to this view, the government has to create necessary institutional framework to facilitate markets ...  Read More

Corona and the Issue of Defending the Indefensible; The Need to Maintain and Cooperate with the Government Institution in a Pandemic from the Perspective of Alain Badiou

Roz Fazli; Mohsen Aliheidary

Volume 6, Issue 22 , September 2020, , Pages 63-105

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2021.53939.947

Abstract
  After coronavirus pandemic in the early months of 2020 in the world, Alain Badiou, French Marxist philosopher, tried to analyze the issue on behalf of the government in an article. He declared that the bourgeoisie state must pay attention to more general interests at the same time it takes care of the ...  Read More

Religion and State from the perspective of Thomas Aquinas and Khawaja Nasir al-Din Tusi

Behrooz Sedghi shamir

Volume 7, Issue 26 , September 2021, , Pages 63-90

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2021.57918.1044

Abstract
  Khawaja Nasir and his contemporary, Thomas Aquinas, are two prominent philosophers and theologians belonging to Abrahamic religions (Islam and Christianity). Considered as rationalistic and proactive, both scholars discussed religion and state in their works. The question arises as to whether they view ...  Read More

The role of quantum management in promoting the smart governance of urban culture in local governments

Seyed Jalalaldin Faraji

Volume 8, Issue 32 , January 2023, , Pages 63-96

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2023.69353.1286

Abstract
  Today, the rapid growth of cities and massive migrations towards them has resulted in wide cultural diversity in urban environments, and this issue has made the local governments who are responsible for the management of cities face a serious problem, that is why the management a city in big cities will ...  Read More

Meta-Synthesis of Weak Points and Facilitators of Iran’s National Development Plans

Hamid Sajadi

Volume 3, Issue 10 , September 2017, , Pages 65-108

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2017.14044.130

Abstract
  A great volume of studies and researches are conducted for evaluating Iran's five-year development plans, with the main purpose of overcoming obstacles and realizing the goals of national strategic plans. Considering the large volume of studies on evaluation of development plans, on the one hand, and ...  Read More

Evolution of Mentality of the State at the Period of Post-constitutional Revolution (the Case Study of Clergy Mentality of Monarchy)

reza soleimani

Volume 4, Issue 13 , June 2018, , Pages 69-104

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2018.8755

Abstract
  The political analysis of contemporary Iran indicates that cognition of history of Governmentality transition (rational mentality of the State), has serious impact on mentality of social forces towards government. Iranian constitutional revolution had created first doubts about monarchical state and ...  Read More

The Concomitance of 'Justice' with 'State' in Political Philosophy

Mehdi Nasr

Volume 4, Issue 14 , September 2018, , Pages 69-102

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2018.9075

Abstract
  Nowadays, 'justice' has almost become a forgotten concept. Global inequalities as a received contemporary neoliberal order is taken for granted. As a political concept, 'State', however, has a better situation. Using genealogy as a method, this article tries to show the concomitance of these two concepts ...  Read More

Middle East Trasformations After 2011; The Crisis of the National State and Regional Order

Majid Rouhi Dehboneh

Volume 3, Issue 12 , March 2018, , Pages 71-105

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2018.8387

Abstract
  Middle East, especially the Arab world since 2011 has been a great deal of transformation. The changes that the "Arab Spring" or "Islamic Awakening" is mentioned rather than to build new state to build the foundations of a regional order, lead by the arrival of variables and factors such as entry Takfiri- ...  Read More

The Impact of Governance Quality on Entrepreneurship in Selected Countries: A Panel Data Approach

Parvaneh Salatin

Volume 5, Issue 20 , March 2020, , Pages 71-103

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2020.33966.525

Abstract
  In recent decades, studies of the role of government in economy have had a shift from the concentration on the size of government and its tasks to the quality of government intervention. This change of attitude to state in economy has given rise to a new vision of good governance. Good governance requires ...  Read More

Iran's Nuclear Developments and Their Impact on National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran (The political experts Delphi technique)

Ali Abbasi Shavazi

Volume 2, Issue 7 , December 2016, , Pages 73-94

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2016.6779

Abstract
  It’s been almost 14 years from the time when Iran’s nuclear program was set forth in the international organs including IAEA and the United Nations Security Council and it is one of the most important internal problems for Iran and international environment. The main question of this essay ...  Read More

The Consequences of the Distribution of Natural Resources (land and water) In The Political and Social Structure Based on State Rent Management Theory Case Study: The Middle of the Naseroddin Shah Period to Constitutional Revolution

Shayan Karami

Volume 4, Issue 16 , March 2019, , Pages 73-108

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2020.9592

Abstract
  This paper intends to analyze the consequences of the distribution of natural resources (land and water) in the political and social structure, to present rent management theory as an alternative approach to explaining some of the historical events and the political and social issues of Iran. The main ...  Read More

Transformation in the Political Rule and Court System of the Transoxiana Uzbeks from 9th-13th Century AH / 15-19 AD

Seyedeh Fahimeh Ebrahimi

Volume 6, Issue 24 , January 2021, , Pages 73-101

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2021.50813.841

Abstract
  In Transoxiana political and social history in the Islamic period, there are moments of collision between the primitive and present biospheres, one of the most recent of which is the rise of the Uzbek nomadic rule and their extensive migration to the Iranian world and finally the formation of political ...  Read More

The State
Appling NORTH et al.'s "Natural State" Theory to Interpret SAFAVID's State Evolution from Rise to Its Peak

Mazaher Ziaei

Volume 10, Issue 38 , October 2024, , Pages 75-120

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.79699.1516

Abstract
  Extended AbstractIntroductionInvestigating how the Safavid state emerged and flourished in today’s Iran territory is very useful for understanding Iran's history and current situation. Interpreting states' evolution over time requires a theory that considers the dynamics of the internal relations ...  Read More

Kurdish Diaspora، Elites, Diaspora

Mohsen Dianat

Volume 4, Issue 15 , December 2018, , Pages 79-108

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2018.9343

Abstract
  One of the most important issues in political sociology, Diaspora and its functions is to strengthen ethnic nationalism in plural societies.Kurdish uprising in Kurdish nationalism and identity conflict has mutual relation with Diaspora. Indeed, this paper examines and shows deep relationship between ...  Read More

Political Thought
Political Theology of the" Tekyeh Dowlat "

Reza Javid

Volume 10, Issue 37 , May 2024, , Pages 79-108

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.80135.1536

Abstract
  IntroductionThe Takyeh Dowlat, a significant architectural structure from the Naseri period, played a crucial role in the development of political theology during both the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah and the Constitutional Revolution in Iran. Allegorically, the building can be seen as representing the ...  Read More

Non-Democratic Sides of Cyberspace and Political and Social Structure of the State

Hamidreza Rahmanizadeh Dehkordi

Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2015, , Pages 81-110

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2016.2453

Abstract
  Purpose: The relationship between cyberspace and democracy has been one of the most controversial issues during the last two decades. The main question particularly lies in the fact whether cyberspace can restrict the authoritarian state. The study aims, in the first step, to examine the arguments for ...  Read More

Nostalgia; legitimation and anti-legitimation in the Pahlavi state

Mojtaba Yavar

Volume 1, Issue 4 , June 2016, , Pages 81-117

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2016.3947

Abstract
  Abstract Purpose: The interpretation of the political sphere in Pahlavi’s age, based on the nostalgia paradigm, is the scope and purpose of this paper. Nostalgia, as the fundamental situation of human mental life, can affect the political area by its own ideas, concepts and operation. In this paper, ...  Read More