Mechanism Design Theory: How to Implement Social Goals

Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals*

How to Make Welayate Faqih as a Discourse in the Curricula of Islamic Republic of Iran's Educational System

Current article is aimed at introducing discourse making approach as the desired approach in transferring ma'aref of Islamic revolution, especially the theory of Welayat-e faqih. First a general description of the current status in transferring the theory of welayat-e faqih was offered. Then the desired approach, i.e. discourse making approach was introduced and conceptology of main terms in th...

Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals1

The theory of mechanism design can be thought of as the “engineering” side of economic theory. Much theoretical work, of course, focuses on existing economic institutions. The theorist wants to explain or forecast the economic or social outcomes that these institutions generate. But in mechanism design theory the direction of inquiry is reversed. We begin by identifying our desired outcome or s...

Capacities of Political Jurisprudence for System-making

Shiite political jurisprudence with regard to internal capacities and current needs especially the experience of Islamic republic of Iran after the Islamic revolution, started to design and implement a comprehensive political social system. System making in political jurisprudence which is based on scripture and is completed with regard to the tangible developments in the world and the needs of...

Understanding Tailorable Technology Use through Social Representations Theory

This research utilizes social representations theory to inform the study of tailorable technologies. Specifically, we investigate how social representations theory can be used as a mechanism to understanding technology tailoring-in-use. The work extends earlier tailorable technology design work by looking at the processes by which people tailor technology during use. It also extends social repr...