Explaining the change of issuing attorney's license policy Decision making in the process of approving the “Ocupational Licensing Facilitation” Law

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge-Based Economics, Institute of Technology Studies, Tehran, Iran

2 Doctoral student in the field of decision-making and public policy, Faculty of Management and Economics, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor at Technology Studies Institute (TSI)

Abstract

Policy change is inherently a complex and multidimensional process, and for this reason, one of the usual ways to explain it is to use policy change theories. The purpose of this article is to review and analyze the process of approving the " Ocupational Licensing Facilitation " law by using the Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith's Advocacy Coalition Framework. In this study, a qualitative research strategy based on textual data collection and thematic content analysis was used, and qualitative content analysis was used for data analysis. The aforementioned law consists of several parts, this article explains the part that is related to the change of the issuing attorney's license policy. The current research explains that the policy change process can be explained by the emergence of different coalitions, their competition with each other and dynamic changes in it in order to coordinate with external changes. The current research explains that the policy change process can be explained by the emergence of different coalitions, their competition with each other and dynamic changes in it in order to coordinate with external changes. This article explains how learning and changing the approach of policymakers towards the policy of issuing attorney's license has strengthened the coalition of supporters and finally approved and promulgated the law.

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Strategic Studies of public policy
Volume 13, Issue 48
November 2023
Pages 32-71

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