Ali Imani; Ali Asghar Ghasemi
Abstract
This paper explains the military service policy-making and the process of
nation-making in Iran based on the institutional approach. The author explains
how the issues of nation-making and military service entered the policy-making
calendar in Iran by application of cyclic process of policy-making. ...
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This paper explains the military service policy-making and the process of
nation-making in Iran based on the institutional approach. The author explains
how the issues of nation-making and military service entered the policy-making
calendar in Iran by application of cyclic process of policy-making. Finding show
that there is a collaborative relation between military service policy-making and
the process of nation-making in contemporary Iran. The system of analysis in
this research is theoretical institutional framework and the methodology is
descriptive. The time period of the analysis is early nineteenth century. Based on
the policy-making cycle, the policy issue of military service and its entrance to
the policy calendar is stated in the problem statement. Finally, after the
explanation and analysis of the collaboration of military service policies with
nation-making process in Iran, the way of collaboration and coordination
between the two main factors during the last two centuries in Iran have been
clarified.
