Brain drain and the quality of governance with an emphasis on the phenomenon of politicization in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD, student of Political Science, University of Isfahan,Iran.

2 Member of the Faculty of Political Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

3 PhD in Philosophy of Education, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz

Abstract

While examining the concept of brain drain and the approaches and patterns governing this phenomenon, this article has analyzed the causes of brain drain in Iran with emphasis on political factors (unfavorable governance and the phenomenon of politicization) and presented solutions to reduce this phenomenon. This research was done with descriptive-analytical method and by referring to library sources. In many developing countries, the departure of elites from the country, whose education costs are usually very high, causes irreparable losses to them. The phenomenon of brain drain in Iran due to various economic, cultural, political, etc. reasons has become pervasive and sometimes a crisis in recent years. The findings of this research show that politically, the phenomenon of brain drain is the result of politicization and unfavorable governance, which itself is the result of political intervention on social relations. This issue leads to the prioritization of personal or group interests of the ruling group, and in this way it hinders logical and principled planning and policy making. As long as such a trend prevails, the government of such a country will distance itself from the characteristics of good governance (transparency and accountability, political stability and non-violence, government effectiveness, quality of law enforcement, judicial provision, corruption control), which are consequences. Because it leads to brain drain.

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State Studies of Contemporary Iran
Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 19
Summer 2023
November 2023
Pages 93-118

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  • Receive Date: 14 May 2023
  • Revise Date: 28 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 20 August 2023

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