An Analysis of the Cultural Policy Making of the Islamic Republic of Iran: disadvantages and strategies; Emphasizing the concept of "authority" (Marjaiyyat)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Azad University of Zanjan

2 عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی زنجان

10.22081/psq.2020.69289

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to study these issues: the degree of compliance of cultural policy with the concept of "authority", the challenges created for the policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and strategies to get out of this situation. The research method is descriptive-analytical and categories such as: macro approaches toward cultural policy-making, authority in policy-making, discourses governing cultural policy-making in Iran, pathology of cultural policy-making in the Islamic Republic of Iran, cultural policy-making strategies in accordance with the concept of authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran, have been examined. The results show that authority is not uniform in Iranian cultural policy-making and the multiplicity of authority has reduced the effectiveness of policies and the conflict among policies and has failed to make policy. It should be noted that failure to set a policy leads to multiple interpretations of the policy and leads to conflicting actions arising from a single policy.

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