Designing a Policy Implementation Model for Drug Control (A Collaborative Governance Approach)

Zahra  Amini; Yousef Mohammadi Moghadam; Mahmoud  Ahmadi Sharif

Authors

Zahra Amini Department Of Public Administration - Decision Making and Public Policy, kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, kish Island, Iran Author
Yousef Mohammadi Moghadam Department of strategic Management, University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services, Tehran, Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadi Sharif Department of Business Management, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6375-4665

Keywords:

Implementation, Policy, Drug control, Collaborative governance

Abstract

Participatory approaches provide a basis for the presence of citizens alongside governments in policy implementation and in the resolution of social problems. Because drug control is rooted in a deeply social context, it has substantial potential for the use of participatory approaches. Accordingly, the present study aimed to design a model for implementing drug control policies through a collaborative governance approach. The research used both qualitative and quantitative procedures and combined inductive and deductive reasoning. In terms of purpose, it was applied; in terms of nature and method, it was descriptive-survey. The statistical population consisted of 18 experts and informed specialists on the subject who were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews in the qualitative phase and through a questionnaire in the quantitative phase. Qualitative data were classified using grounded theory, and the quantitative phase validated the model through the fuzzy Delphi technique. Transferability in the qualitative phase was supported through systematic coding, and confirmability was strengthened through documentation and archiving of different coding stages, including initial coding. In the quantitative phase, reliability was assessed by the test-retest method and validity was examined through content validity. The qualitative findings produced 140 initial codes, 38 concepts, and 17 categories, which were positioned within the Strauss and Corbin grounded theory paradigm model. Based on the findings, the study recommends promoting civic demand-making in educational settings, emphasizing problem-oriented, legally aware, and contemporary civic education, conducting workshops on associational life, teaching principles of fairness, intergenerational responsibility and respect for human dignity, and implementing small-scale civic projects.

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