01669pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001900040245006500059260000900124300001300133362000800146520109200154650003301246650002601279773005101305909001001356999001701366952010401383180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aFarazmand, Ali  aAdministrative reform in modern Iran: an historical analysis  c1999  ap.917-46  aJun  aThis article discusses administrative reforms in modern Iran in an historical context. Beginning in the mid-19th century, administrative reform became a concern of national policy-makers. A number of reforms have been attempted by the three political systems/regimes of Qajar, Pahlavi, and the Islamic Republic. Additionally, several administrative reforms were carried out, though short-lived, by certain revolutionary and popular governments in Iran. Efforts toward administrative reform are reviewed with an assessment of the positive and negative consequences or implications for the development of public administration in modern Iran. It is also argued that most of the dictated administrative reforms have failed in Iran, and that a culturally sensitive attempt at administrative reform has had a much greater chance to succeed than the traditional top-down approaches. Iran's revolutionary experiences tend to empirically support the validity of the former approach. Finally, further research is suggested on recent administrative reforms in post-revolutionary Iran. - Reproduced  aAdministrative reform - Iran  aAdministrative reform  aInternational Journal of Public Administration  a41160  c41160d41160  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 22, Issue no: 6pAR41536r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR