From Government to Governance: Public Policy Transformation in the Shift from the State-National to the Global-Urban Political Order

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1 Associate Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science & Law, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD Student of Public Policymaking, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jppolicy.2025.105200

Abstract

This article investigates the contemporary reconfiguration of public action amid a shift from a state-centric and hierarchical politico-institutional order to an emerging global-urban condition. In this transformed environment, the production of public policy no longer stems exclusively from the centralized authority of the nation-state; rather, it unfolds within a multi-level and multi-scalar arena shaped by urban networks, non-state actors, and transnational dynamics. This structural shift destabilizes classical paradigms of public action and gives rise to recomposed forms of governance.

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Iranian Journal of Public Policy
Volume 11, Issue 4
December 2025
Pages 78-93

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