أثر القيم الاجتماعية على السياسات العامة في العراق 2005-2025

Section: Articles
Issue
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025)
Published
Dec 1, 2025
Pages
60-80

Abstract

This study examines the impact of social values on public policymaking in Iraq during the period 2005-2025. It is based on the hypothesis that social values contribute to directing public policy by shaping the orientations of individuals and institutions and imposing social constraints on decision-makers. The study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to describe prevailing values and analyze their impact on the decision-making process. The study also draws upon David Easton's systems approach to understand the interactive relationship between values as social inputs and public policies as outputs of the political system. The importance of the study lies in the scarcity of research that has addressed this topic in depth, making it a qualitative contribution to the scientific literature. Finally, the study concludes that social values in Iraq are not limited to regulating individual behavior, but also contribute to determining policy priorities and their societal legitimacy, and are reproduced by the political system through legislation. The study also revealed a value conflict between traditional and modern values, and that decision-makers are often more influenced by social values than political orientations, particularly when influenced by religious, tribal, and nationalist values.

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Authors

Rahwan Barwar Kabeer

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Asst.Prof.Dr. Amin Faraj Sharif

Salahaddin University, College of Political Science, Iraq

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https://doi.org/10.33899/rjps.v1i2.27309
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