TY - JOUR ID - 20180 TI - CLERGY – LEGITIMACY AND YOUTH IN IRANIAN POLITICS JO - POLITICAL QUARTERLY JA - JPQ LA - en SN - 1735-9678 AU - Ashtarian, Kioomars AD - Y1 - 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - EP - KW - clergy KW - Effectiveness KW - interventionism KW - Iranian Politics KW - legitimacy KW - Public Policy KW - Religion KW - welfare KW - youth DO - N2 - This paper is aimed to review the concepts of legitimacy and its relation to effectiveness of clergy in Iran . Combination of religion and politics could increase interventionism in public policy and increase expectations for welfare interventionism. This phenomena could link spiritual legitimacy of clergy to its effectiveness. Somewhat vast interpretation of “ the Unity of religion and politics” (as the foundation of Iranian philosophy of politics) leads to a kind of responsible, interventionist and paternalistic government in public policy. Somewhat vast interpretation of “ the Unity of religion and politics” (as the foundation of Iranian philosophy of politics) leads to a kind of responsible, interventionist and paternalistic government in public policy. UR - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_20180.html L1 - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_20180_926b32de659575e69418f09e460f6676.pdf ER -