The role of governmental and non-governmental actors during the Covid-19 in line with the general issue of social health

Elsagh, Shakiba; Givarian, Hassan; RabieeMandejin, Mohammadreza; JamshidiEvaneki, Mina

doi:10.22038/mjms.2021.19454

The role of governmental and non-governmental actors during the Covid-19 in line with the general issue of social health

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Shakiba Elsagh ¹

Hassan Givarian ²

Mohammadreza RabieeMandejin ¹

Mina JamshidiEvaneki ¹

¹ Department of Public Administration, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Department of Public Administration, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author)

10.22038/mjms.2021.19454

Abstract

Introduction: The public policy-making process begins with a focus on issue identification and affects the people. This study presents a structural model of the role of governmental and non-governmental actors during the Covid-19 outbreak in line with the general issue of social health.
Methods: In this research, grounded theory and structural equation modeling have been used and 15 interviews were conducted with experts in the policy-making system. Data were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding and the structural model of the research was presented.
Results: The results show that the causal conditions include categories of general sensitivity to the subject, cost incurred due to the existence of the issue for the country, The geographical scope of the subject matter, and emergencies and natural disasters and stakeholders including legislators and government officials, political actors, non-governmental actors, mass media, and universities and research institutes in the public space of the iranian calligraphy system, including intellectual currents and mental models of calligraphy. Consultants, political and security currents, social, cultural and religious conditions, economic and technological conditions, foreign and international currents, and organizational and administrative currents influence the identification of public issues in iran.
Conclusion: It seems that the government, with the support of political actors, non-governmental actors, the media and universities and research institutes, will be able to increase their participation in identifying public issues, especially during the Covid -19 outbreak..

Keywords

Grounded Theory

Identify and prioritize the Issues

Public Issues

Public Policy-Making

Covid-19