Iranian Political Science Association Research Letter of Political Science 1735790X 16 4 2021 11 22 Critical and Practical Study of Civil Society and Economic Corruption and Transparency in Iran Critical and Practical Study of Civil Society and Economic Corruption and Transparency in Iran 115 144 446 10.22034/ipsa.2022.446 FA Khalilallah Sardarnia Professor of Political Sciences, Shiraz University 0000-0003-2033-2312 Maryam Bonei MA Graduated in Political Sciences, Shiraz University 0000-0001-8233-0326 Journal Article 2021 07 21 Economic transparency is one of the most important indexes in democracies. Non control of economic corruption led to weakening of political legitimacy of government. By explanation method and interview to Shiraz"s academic Elites, in this study, has been tried to answer this question: how much is successful and acceptable the function of civil society in it's function and combat to economic corruption and why? The main finding of this study shows the unacceptable function of civil society in Iran due to these reasons: impediments in governmental structures and absence of legal, possible and encouragement opportunities and in other hand due to weakness and dysfunctions in civil society such as none serious practical performance and action in pay attention to political transparency to general demand and shaping a social movement and absent of public opinion In the end, practical recommendation be noted in modification and enforcement of surveillance mechanism and transparency. Economic transparency is one of the most important indexes in democracies. Non control of economic corruption led to weakening of political legitimacy of government. By explanation method and interview to Shiraz"s academic Elites, in this study, has been tried to answer this question: how much is successful and acceptable the function of civil society in it's function and combat to economic corruption and why? The main finding of this study shows the unacceptable function of civil society in Iran due to these reasons: impediments in governmental structures and absence of legal, possible and encouragement opportunities and in other hand due to weakness and dysfunctions in civil society such as none serious practical performance and action in pay attention to political transparency to general demand and shaping a social movement and absent of public opinion In the end, practical recommendation be noted in modification and enforcement of surveillance mechanism and transparency. http://www.ipsajournal.ir/article_446_1a5b1e4daae265b790965a275b53ae50.pdf