Public Policy
Evolution of Public Policy Studies in France

Madjid Vahid

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 1-23

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.76961.1474

Abstract
  The purpose of this contribution is to shed light on the evolution of public policy studies in France. It should be noted that this discipline was born in the United States in the 1950s mainly based on the works of Harold Lasswell who is known as the founding father of the discipline. Lasswell and his ...  Read More

Political Thought
Governance and Structure: A Theoretical Reflection on the Structure of Constitutional Rights in Iran

Kioomars Ashtarian

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 25-60

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.78902.1506

Abstract
  Analyzing the structure of Constitutional law in the Islamic Republic of Iran can be used to identify the capacities of amending the Constitution and redefining the Iranian governance system. This article, with an institutional-normative approach, seeks to show the theoretical capacities of the constitutional ...  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

Political Thought
Examining the Existential Aspects of Modern State Criticism with an Emphasis on Hannah Arendt's Political Thought

Sajjad Chitfroush

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 99-133

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.68330.1265

Abstract
  The modern state is among the major political institutions that encompass all dimensions of human life. Despite its useful aspects, this institution, drawing from foundations that may diminish human freedom in its interaction with individuals, ultimately hinders the growth of human thought and the revelation ...  Read More

Politics and International Relations
Analyzing Turkey's Soft Power Mechanisms (The Ruling Period of Justice and Development Party)

Hasan Sadeghian; Arastoo Fadaei

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 135-171

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2023.63635.1157

Abstract
  Today, political analysts consider that the concept of "smart power" has developed as a result of the combination of "soft power - hard power". The case study of the current research confirms this claim; This means that Turkey, during the last two decades, to advance its goals and realize its interests, ...  Read More

Governmental Policy of Land Reform and Water Crisis in Iran

Masoud Ghaffari; Habib Rezazadeh

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 173-208

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2022.48065.785

Abstract
  First: The current water crisis in Iran is the product of years of inappropriate decisions and management, which occurred due to the increase in water demand from the country's water resources. Agrarian reform policy and the issue of land. The result was the fragmentation of agricultural land, which, ...  Read More

Politics and International Relations
Expansionism Policy of the Chinese Government in Central Asia Based on Soft Power

Hamid Hakim; Emad Helalat

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 209-242

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.74271.1424

Abstract
  Soft power is a tool utilized by different actors in the evolving international system based on their capabilities. In this transformed international system, soft power becomes a vital element in increasing influence over international outcomes, as it makes it more difficult to coerce countries and non-state ...  Read More

Political Thought
A Study of the Rule of Law in the Thought and Action of Mirza Taghikhan Amirkabir

Ali Babaei; Kamal Pouladi

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 243-280

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.62174.1125

Abstract
  AbstractExamining the special place of Mirza Taghikhan Amirkabir in the contemporary history of Iran requires attention to his perception of the "Janus face of modernity". According to historical sociology, modernity has a dual and interconnected nature, whose positive, civilizational or objective aspect ...  Read More

The State
Institutional analysis of the formation and stabilization of the modern state in Iran

Mostafa Kavakebyan; Azim Matin

Volume 9, Issue 36 , February 2024, Pages 281-317

https://doi.org/10.22054/tssq.2024.69518.1291

Abstract
  In explicating the essence of a modern state, one must navigate a theoretical landscape defined by a set of characteristics, criteria, and requisites that differentiate the theory of the modern state from alternative paradigms, notably the absolute state. This theoretical realm, characterized by a prescriptive ...  Read More