Policy capacity,Understand the Discursive field and the issue of women's political participation

Subject Areas : Public Policy In Administration

zeynab mirali seyed khoondi ¹ , Ali ashraf Nazari ² , Sadegh Zibakalam ³

1 - Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-05-28 Accepted : 2022-07-23 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: policy making, women's political participation, policy capacity, critical discourse analysis, Q method,

Abstract :

Background: Policy capacity is one of the most basic concepts in the study of public policy that addresses gaps and factors related to why policies are not implemented. In this article, the problems and shortcomings for the non-implementation of these policies in the field of women's political participation at the elite level (1997-2020) explained. Then, based on the model, at three levels of conceptual-analytical, operational and political that each of these three competencies include resources or capabilities at three different levels of individual, organizational and systemic, were examined.Objective: To introduce the policy capacity as a new concept in the literature of political participation in Iran, upon which the boundaries and gaps between laws and practice can be examined.Method:This research has been done using “Q method” for classifying and scoring propositions and "critical discourse analysis". Findings:The results show that "individual" and "organizational" attitudes in the "analytical" dimension are the most important factors influencing women's political participation. Conclusion: discussion of the policy capacity based on its specific discourse space, which in the present study is women's political participation, should highlight other definitions and factors, such as cultural and ideological conditions that have a direct impact on the implementation of policies.

References:

Khifer, hosein. And Nahid moslemi. 2017. Principles and foundations of qualitative research methods. Tehran: Danesh Negah.

Abbasnia, Akram. and Nasrin Mosaffa. 2011, Women's political participation in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the light of the theory of women's empowerment in the period 1996-2006 Quantitative study, Women`s Research. Vol 5, No 1.

Brown, M, Bezo P and Nanivska L. 2013. Building policy capacity at the Ukrainian centre: The policy units project. Canadian Public Administration, Vol 6, No 3.

Cautery, Huin. (2000). Participation in development. Translated by Davood Tabaei and Hadi Ghobraei. Tehran: Ravesh.

Fairclough, N. 2002. Media Discourse. London: Longman.

Fritz, Verena. 2005. State Weakness in Eastern Europe: Concept and Cauces. European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Aduanced Studies. No 35.

Fukuyama, F. 2004. State- Building: Governance and World Order in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Comell University Press.

Fairclough, Norman. (2011). Critical Discourse Analysis. Translated by Shaban Ali

Bahrampour et.al. Tehran: Center for Media Studies and Research.

Gholipour, Rahmatollah. 2008. Organizational decision-making and public policy. Tehran: Samt.

Grindle, Merilee S and Mary Hilderbrand. 1995. Building sustainable capacity in the public sector: What can be done?. Public Administration And Development. Vol 15, No 5.

Haggard. Stephan. 1990. The Newly Industrializing Countries in The International System. England: Cambridge University Press.Vol 38, No 2.

Hallsworth, Michael. and Jill Rutter. 2011. Making policy better: Improving Whitehall’s core business. London: The Institute for Government.

Henning, Simon. And Ruth Beatrice Henning. 2005. Women and Political Powers. Translation of Mojgan Dastouri. Tehran: Ejtema.

Howlett, M and E Lindquist. 2004. Policy analysis and governance: Analytical and policy styles in Canada. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Research and Practice. Vol 6, No 3.

Ian, Marsh. 2006. Democratization and State Capacity in East and Southeast Asia. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Vol 2, No 2.

Kabir, Naila, Vivian Wei and Frida Shahid. 2010. Translated by Fatemeh Sadeghi and [others]. Tehran: Agah.

Kerlinger, Fred. 1986. Foundations of Behavioral Research, 3rd ed. India: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. USA.

Mohammadpour, Ahmad. 2011. Anti-Method, Scientific stages and procedures in qualitative methodology. Tehran: Jameashenasan.

Mohseni, Mohammad Javad. 2012. An Inquiry into the Theory and Method of Fairclough Discourse Analysis. Socio-cultural knowledge. Vol 3, No 11.

Mirali, Zeinab and Shahbazi, Mahboub. 2012. Unisexual Parliament. Tehran: Hezareh Qoqnous.

Mirzaei, Khalil. (2009). Research, Researcher and Questionnaire Writing. Tehran: Jameashenasan.

Nourian Ramesheh, Milad and Hourieh Dehghanshad. 2021. The role of changing political and social discourses in sacred defense cinema. Case study: the works of Ibrahim Hatamikia. Sociological research. Vol 15, No 4.

Painter, Martin and Jon Pierre. 2005. Unpacking Policy Capacity: Issues and Themes. In Book Challenges to State Policy Capacity. London: Palgrave MacMillan.

Parsons, W. 2004. Not Just Steering but Weaving: Relevant Knowledge and the Craft of Building Policy Capacity and Coherence. Australian Journal of Public Administration. Vol 63, No 1.

Polidano, Charles. 2000. Measuring Public Sector Capacity. world Development. Vol 28, No 5.

Pooya, Alireza and Hediyeh Loqmani.2013. Research Strategy of Q methodology. Police Organizational development. Vol 10, No 45.

Tyrus L.S. (2004). Discourse of Environmental Justice: A Q Study, A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty, of George Mason University in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirments for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Environmental Science and Public Policy.

Watts, Simon and Paul Stenner. 2005. Doing Q Methodology: Theory, Method and Interpretation. Qualitative Research in Psychology, Vol 2.

Wu, X, Ramesh M, and Michael Howlett. 2015. Policy Capacity: A Conceptual Framework for understanding policy competences and capabilities. Singapore: Policy and Society, Vol 34.