Analysis of State-society Interactions in Iranian Water Governance: Strategic Implications

Abolfazl Ghasemi; Morteza Alavian; Maryam Hosseini

Volume 11, Issue 42 , October 2022, , Pages 181-220

https://doi.org/10.22054/qpss.2022.68358.3058

Abstract
  Governments in water-based civilizations have been stronger than society due to organizational consolidation, and water and its consumption have caused water to play its essential role in shaping the socio-political relations of nations and human societies. Therefore, the main question of the research ...  Read More

The Historical Sociology of Social Contract in the Arab World

Mehdi Zibaei

Volume 10, Issue 37 , July 2021, , Pages 205-233

https://doi.org/10.22054/qpss.2020.50068.2456

Abstract
  The recent uprisings in the Arab world that alike the previous ones were started from North Africa (Sudan and Algeria) have limitedly spilled over into Iraqi and Lebanese states; it made one more time necessary for scholars to consider the relations between state and society. In general, the social contract ...  Read More

United States and containing of adversaries: Buck-Passing framework

Ali Adami; Majid Dashtgerd

Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2013, , Pages 1-28

Abstract
  John Mearsheimer believes that great powers used two mains strategies in offensive realism to Contain and control the enemies and rivals. 1) Balance 2) controlling rivals through Buck-Passing. The author attemptsto show examples of United States’ efforts to curb adversaries through the second strategy. ...  Read More