Journal of Iranian Public Administration Studies

Journal of Iranian Public Administration Studies

The Fate of Public Policies after Proclamation: An Analysis of the Interaction of Political Will and Administrative Capacity

Editor-in-Chief Lecture

Author
Hassan DanaeeFard
Professor at Public Administration Department, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jipas.2021.151301
Abstract
In general, four generations have the knowledge inventory of “public policy implementation”: the top-down, bottom-up, hybrid, and emerging generation -policy regime, enforcement science. In the light of the inspirations of these four generations, theoretical models have been developed based on various reference points about the “life of public policy implementation”. All knowledge in the study of public policy and public administration has been centered around the “great policy-administration dichotomy”. The author argues that the models of public policy implementation as well as the coordinates of public policy in four contingent approaches to implementation can be analyzed by relying on two original strategic reference points in policy and administrative knowledge (political will-administrative capacity).
Keywords
Policy
Policy Implementation
Political Will
Administrative Capacity
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  • Receive Date 11 February 2022
  • Revise Date 09 March 2023
  • Accept Date 11 April 2022