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

parliament and other organizations. It is the responsibility of these institutions to
formulate policies, policies and macroeconomic strategies as well as determining the
principles of its political ideology. In contrast, a group of institutions and systems
that undertake the implementation of the government plans and policies in the
practical dimension, constitute the functional dimension of the political system. It
must be noted that from the Islamic point of view, legitimacy of a political system is
provided by two sources. Firstly, it arises from Divine Satisfaction and from the
conformity of its ideological framework with religious standards. Secondly, the
legitimacy of a political system is provided by the will of the people and the
members of society. Hence, from the Islamic point of view, the legitimacy of the
government systems has a dual foundation. However, from the non-religious
perspectives, it is based solely on the popular and social acceptance of the
governments.

Generally, according to the basics and principles of Islam, the efficiency of
governments is not confined to their structural legitimacy and acceptance. But
additionally, the functional dimension and the performance of the administrations
play a crucial role in building and strengthening the legitimacy of a government. The
functional dimension and the performance of the administrations also assure the
permanency of the legitimacy and authority of the government over time. This is a
truth, not only in the Islamic systems, but also in all political systems and in all eras
of history. If we accept the fact that people, as the main aspect of each political
system, are the key to authority and survival of governments at any given time, and
their assessment of the nature of the system is mainly focused on the performance
and administration of the system, and that the performance and administration of the
system is the criterion of judgment about the system, the efficiency of the political
system will be more salient than the legitimacy and acceptance. There is no doubt
that in case of negligence towards the functional dimension of a political system
(which is reflected in the performance of its institutions and administrative bodies,
and is the criterion of public satisfaction and acceptance), the structural legitimacy
of the government will be negated naturally and the general authority of that
political system will be abolished. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to
resolve this problem, because regardless of the ideological framework of
governments, satisfaction of the people fulfilling their needs is the main component
of authority and legitimacy of political systems. Therefore, according to what was
explained above, in the present study, we examine how the administrative system of
governments affects their national authority, with an emphasis on the Islamic point
of view.

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