فهرست مطالب seyed alireza azghandi

Education plays a fundamental role in institutionalizing sustainable development. This research, which is a descriptive survey, seeks to identify the factors involved in sustainable development decision-making and the degree of deviation and the optimal situation in education policy. To ensure the validity of the questionnaire, in the first stage, the ambiguous points were clarified consulting the experts and in the second stage, using SPSS and the results of confirmatory factor analysis, those questions whose factor loadings had an effect on the fit of the model, were keep in the measurement model. Also, regarding convergent validity, Smart PLS was performed and the value of factors was greater than 0.4 which indicates acceptable validity. To measure reliability, both Cronbach's alpha and combined reliability test (CR) were used and in both cases, the value was higher than 0.7, indicating acceptable reliability. A combination of sampling methods, including available, purposive, snowball, and theoretical samplings was used. The statistical population consisted of all education experts and policymakers and the sample size was 70. Ten of the participants were selected as a qualitative sample for in-depth interviews and 60 people were selected as a quantitative sample. Finally, based on the output of PLS, the ranking of responsibility, future orientation, system orientation, practical skills, and individual participation, respectively, were identified as the decision-making factors of sustainable development in education policy, and it was found that there is a gap about one unit between the current and the desired situation in this regard.

This article examines the relationship between the Rentier state and the middle class in the middle of the years of 1997-2005. The main question of this article is what is the relationship between the Rentier state in the current and the middle class in Iran? The main hypothesis of the paper is that the relationship between the state and the middle class in this period was a relationship based on mutual reinforcement, and government policies in this period, despite the Rentierism, were based on the strengthening of the middle class. The results of the research show that the reform government has tried to adopt policies aimed at political development, including in the area of civil liberties, Press freedom, anticorruption, government size reduction and accountability in line with the values of the middle class. The study of field data and reports from international institutions in this area also confirms that the status of the middle class has improved in this period.

Collection of institutional inefficiencies and inconveniences are an obstacle to local governments in Iran, one of which is the ruling rentier structure of the country. This paper seeks to demonstrate that the construction of a rentier system in non-developed or developing countries dependent on oil revenues is continually modifying itself. It is crucial to realize the influence of history, beliefs and ideologies created over time on this matter. Consequently, even in the face of the decline in oil revenues and the movement towards the creation of democratic institutions and the significant presence of people at the polls, it can be observed that these institutions become a tool in which expand rentier structure. To understand this, new institutionalism literature is to be used.