The frequency of concepts and examples of corruption in Iran's upstream documents from the perspective of positive peace indicators

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 phd student public policymaking, Tabriz Azad University

2 Assistant professor of Political Science, University of Tabriz

3 Department of Political Science, Islamic Azad University. Central Tehran Branch. Tehran Iran

Abstract
The concept of corruption is one of the concepts that has always been considered as a violation or deviation from social and divine laws and order. This issue is so key that it can be said that the law was formed both on the opposite side of corruption and around it. The emphasis on establishing and promoting a nationwide and universal law in the hope of avoiding any type of corruption is considered the historical and political basis of all legislations. Based on this, the basic laws and upper documents in the government of modern nations have been formed to minimize or completely eliminate corruption and are always updated according to the new forms of corruption. The frequency of concepts and examples of corruption in these laws shows the level and intensity of governments' treatment of laws in every government and society, which can be considered as a political comparison in reducing corruption and promoting the culture of development and peace, especially today. In this research, the policies to reduce the level of corruption contained in the upstream documents have been examined in accordance with the components of positive peace. The data of this research have been extracted and analyzed by qualitative content analysis method. The findings show that the relevant policies have positive characteristics, such as building values and lofty concepts, dealing with corruption, preventing the abuse of opportunities; And in some cases, the negative characteristics of codified policies, such as generality, vagueness,.....

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Volume 18, Issue 4 - Serial Number 72
No.72
Autumn 2023
Pages 205-236

  • Receive Date 02 February 2024
  • Revise Date 20 April 2024
  • Accept Date 08 May 2024