Good Governance

Document Type : مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

Authors

• Maral Darbandi
• Mohammad Javad Hagh Shenas

Doi:org/10.22067/pg.v5i1.84960

Abstract

"Good Governance or Favorable Governance" was originally created in the United Nations Charter and International Law and nurtured in the light of UN support. All definitions of governance represent a broader concept of government. The new use of the word includes three institutions of government, civil society and the private sector in addition to the state institution. The task of good governance is to co-operate and coordinate between these sectors. In the meantime, transparency is a must in all areas of good governance. The present study, using analytical-descriptive method, seeks to investigate transparency in the Islamic Republic of Iran with or without good governance.The results of the analysis showed that transparency could not emerge in the first ten years of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1979 to 1989 due to the two characteristics of war conditions and the presence of Imam Khomeini's charismatic personality. In the period from 1989 to 1997, transparency could not be realized because of focusing on economic activities and starting the process of growth of the middle class. During Khatami's presidency, despite hopes for transparency, this was not achieved due to the weakness of civil society and the resistance of political power. With Ahmadinejad's victory in the election, a return to revolutionary slogans and radical demands for justice and arrogance was taking place. What was observed in the study of transparency between 1977 and 2011 shows that because of the revolutionary conditions and the seizure of power by the revolutionaries, transparency was in place, and it has become increasingly clear that the political system, although committed to democracy, has failed to achieve transparency over the years due to institutional and structural weaknesses.

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