Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Alireza Raanaei ¹
• rouhollah shahnazi ²
• Seyyed Aqil Hoseiny ³

¹ shiraz university

² Shiraz University

³ Yasouj University

Abstract

The history of modern Iran is full of movements and revolutions. The primary goal of these events has been to achieve a proper balance between the government and society. Although the efforts of Iranians in their modern history have not been fruitless, they have yet to reach the ideal balance between the government and society. The present research, through a brief narration of modern history, examines the pathways of progress for the Iranian government and society. To this end, an institutional analysis framework is expanded, and by employing the idea of institutional congruity, a new analytical framework is constructed to analyze the interaction between society and government in Iran. Subsequently, using game theory within this framework, various scenarios of this interaction are examined. The research findings indicate that depreciation, economies of scale, and the instability of preferences are important factors in the dynamics related to the interaction between government and society. Nevertheless, the rate of time preference is the more determining factor, to an extent that determines three possible equilibriums: democracy, despotic Leviathan, and absent Leviathan.

Keywords

• Institutional Congruity
• Institutional Balance
• Political Economy
• State-society interaction
• Social Time Preference

Main Subjects

• Political economy