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aghaei G, Daneshfard K A, Memarzadeh G. (2023). Pathology of the Implementation System of Iran's Social Welfare Policies. refahj. 23(89), 339-383. doi:10.32598/refahj.23.89.4029.1
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Keywords: Social welfare, Public policy making, Pathology of policy implementation, Barriers to policy implementation, Social welfare of Iran, Three-stage Delphi method
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Introduction: Adopting effective policies in the field of social welfare, especially in the field of health, can be regarded as a way of dealing with the challenges in this field. It should be noted that prioritization in policy-making cannot be conducted without values and sometimes policy-making in this area is carried out impartially. In general, no research has been done on the challenges and obstacles to the implementation of social welfare policy and its ranking. Thus, the present study seeks to answer the following question: What are the challenges and obstacles to the implementation of social welfare policy in Iran? and what are the priorities?
Method: The present research was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the obstacles to the implementation of Iran's social welfare policies. The research is of a meta-composite type, in the qualitative part, semi-structured interviews were used so as to collect the data with open coding; and finally, the axes and obstacles to the implementation of social welfare policies were identified. In the quantitative part, the review of related literature and research studies, six fundamental research studies in the field of policymaking were selected according to the citations and the items affecting the implementation of policies having been extracted from other studies in the form of commonalities. Then, the 10 experts cooperated, and the three-step Delphi method was used.
Discussion: As noted in the previous section, the criteria affecting social welfare policies can be classified into four general categories and 14 sub-categories in the form of 40 propositions that have been prioritized based on the Friedman’s test. Based on Friedman's test, ten priorities were identified, which are as follows: existence of opposing and supporting parties, technical difficulties, lack of use of new technologies, legitimacy of the country's political and governance system, lack of attention to the intellectual and political maturity of the target group, political factors, political conflicts, the welfare state of the target group, the lack of appropriate executive instructions, the lack of alignment of programs, and the lack of optimal allocation of the country's budget.
In the end, it is concluded that in this field, the role of government and government policies are of great importance.
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The authors contributed to this article.
Funding This article does not receive any financial support for its publication by any entity or organization.
Conflicts of interest: In the present study, the authors showed no conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments: In this article, in addition to observing the principles of professional conduct, all rights related to the sources cited are respected and the references are carefully cited
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Introduction: Adopting effective policies in the field of social welfare, especially in the field of health, can be regarded as a way of dealing with the challenges in this field. It should be noted that prioritization in policy-making cannot be conducted without values and sometimes policy-making in this area is carried out impartially. In general, no research has been done on the challenges and obstacles to the implementation of social welfare policy and its ranking. Thus, the present study seeks to answer the following question: What are the challenges and obstacles to the implementation of social welfare policy in Iran? and what are the priorities?
Method: The present research was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the obstacles to the implementation of Iran's social welfare policies. The research is of a meta-composite type, in the qualitative part, semi-structured interviews were used so as to collect the data with open coding; and finally, the axes and obstacles to the implementation of social welfare policies were identified. In the quantitative part, the review of related literature and research studies, six fundamental research studies in the field of policymaking were selected according to the citations and the items affecting the implementation of policies having been extracted from other studies in the form of commonalities. Then, the 10 experts cooperated, and the three-step Delphi method was used.
Discussion: As noted in the previous section, the criteria affecting social welfare policies can be classified into four general categories and 14 sub-categories in the form of 40 propositions that have been prioritized based on the Friedman’s test. Based on Friedman's test, ten priorities were identified, which are as follows: existence of opposing and supporting parties, technical difficulties, lack of use of new technologies, legitimacy of the country's political and governance system, lack of attention to the intellectual and political maturity of the target group, political factors, political conflicts, the welfare state of the target group, the lack of appropriate executive instructions, the lack of alignment of programs, and the lack of optimal allocation of the country's budget.
In the end, it is concluded that in this field, the role of government and government policies are of great importance.
Ethical Considerations Authors’ contributions
The authors contributed to this article.
Funding This article does not receive any financial support for its publication by any entity or organization.
Conflicts of interest: In the present study, the authors showed no conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments: In this article, in addition to observing the principles of professional conduct, all rights related to the sources cited are respected and the references are carefully cited
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Received: 2021/11/6 | Accepted: 2023/05/10 | Published: 2023/08/15
Received: 2021/11/6 | Accepted: 2023/05/10 | Published: 2023/08/15
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