Strategic Policies in Designing and Evaluating Political Development

Kholafazadeh Astmal, Esmail; Memarzadeh Tehran, Gholamreza; Bohloli Zeinab, Nader; Beighzadeh, Yousef

doi:10.30507/jmsp.2021.271744.2197

Strategic Policies in Designing and Evaluating Political Development

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors

¹ PhD Candidate of Public Management, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University Bonab Branch, Bonab, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Public Management, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Public Management, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University Bonab Branch, Bonab, Iran

10.30507/jmsp.2021.271744.2197

Abstract

In this study, the effect of strategic policies in designing and evaluating political development in certain Asian countries (Iran, Turkey, and South Korea) has been analysed. These countries were in common in authoritarian modernization. Administrative systems are grounded on political systems, and an efficient government bureaucracy can help the governments be able to step into developments. An equilibrium political development is the most suitable strategic policy to create a balanced relationship between the two administrative political systems in the development process. The main question is that what the strategic policies in designing and evaluating political development in Asian countries are. This study has been done using survey method and comparative studies; the data, also, has been analysed using Smart PLS software. The findings of this research showed that the more the capabilities of administrative systems transform into political capacities, the more countries can develop. The development of the political system is not possible without the general agreement of the political elites around long-term development and planning programs and without the creation of modern administrative systems and modern political institutions. Without stability, participation and political accountability, and stabilization of political institutions, there is a possibility of regression and degeneration of political development. According to the results, the situation of South Korea is better than Turkey and Iran.

Keywords

20.1001.1.23452544.1401.10.1401.4.3

Main Subjects

Political Science

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