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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.75, # 1, 2018, pp. 42-56

The Relationship between Performance of the Administrative System and
National Authority of Governments: An Islamic Point of View

Mahtab Jafari

M.A. in Political Geography, Department of political geography, Faculty of
Geography, University of Tehran, Iran
E-mail: winter.556611@gmail.com

Received 21 January 2018; accepted 18 April 2018; published online 25 June 2018

Abstract

Each government consists of two dimensions: 1) a structural dimension that involves
policy- and decision-making bodies and, 2) a functional dimension that is a set of
government institutions and administrations. Also, national authority in a country is
an outcome of three components, including legitimacy, acceptance, and efficiency of
its government. The authority of governments is not merely limited to their
structural legitimacy and acceptance; but, their functional dimension and the
performance of their administrations also play a crucial role in building and
strengthening their legitimacy. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to
investigate how the administrative system of a government affects its national
authority, with an emphasis on the Islamic point of view. To do so, this research has
been carried out within the framework of theoretical research with practical purpose.
The research method of the current study was descriptive-analytical. In the present
study, the relationship between two variables—namely, “administrative system” and
“national authority” -- has been investigated within the framework of causal
research. Due to the theoretical nature of this study, the resources used mostly
include documents and library resources. The results of this study indicate that there
is a direct and causal relationship between the national authority of governments
(effect) and the performance of their administrative system (cause). Also, this
relationship reveals how the administrative system affects national authority.

Keywords: Structure and Function of Government, National Authority, Legitimacy,
Acceptance, Efficiency of Government.

JEL Codes: H1, H7

1. Introduction

A political system is an integrated entity that is formed specifically from both
structural and functional dimensions. A set of factors and institutions that constitute
the structural dimension of the government include a set of institutions, such as
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