Public Administration Perspective

The Transition from Modern Government to Platform Government: A signification_research Study Based on the Concepts of Sharing Economy

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Continuing Master's student, Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Economics, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran

3 Master's student in Islamic Studies and Economics, Faculty of Economics and Islamic Studies, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran

10.52547/jpap.2023.229576.1234

Abstract

Purpose:  In today's world, where the distance between the supplier of goods and services and the applicant is becoming more and more complicated; Platforms help make this flow better. The complex issues in government governance and community administration are key roles that government can play among the demanders and providers of government and public services. Also, the government can greatly contribute to the ease, lack of crowding, security and thickness of the market between suppliers and applicants of government services and goods. The leading research seeks to propose a conceptual framework of the idea of a platform government that can answer many of the identified challenges and shortcomings of the modern government. Also, in this research, it has been tried to express a comprehensive definition of this concept that includes all its features by studying and criticizing the many definitions of the idea of platform government.
Design/ methodology/ approach: In order to achieve the goals of the current research and analyze the findings of the research, the implication research method has been used. In this method, the contributions of the sharing economy theory as a source of implication, preliminary guidelines to prove the efficiency of this idea (platform government) have been calculated. Also, in order to collect information and contributions from the concept of sharing economy, the method of library and document study has been used. The study sample population of the current research includes all reports, documents, scientific articles and books authored in Persian and Latin, in the field of sharing economy and platform government since 2015.
Research Findings: The results of the research show that the platform government can be a suitable alternative to the modern government in the whole system of issues that the modern government is facing now. Also, the platform government approach for governments like the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is people-based, can be a suitable format for the growth and evolution of this feature.
Practical Consequences: Among the main practical consequences of the ideas of this research, we can mention the expansion of the ability of good governance in the country and the maximum benefit of all members of the society from government services and benefits in an easy and equal way.
Innovation or value of the Article: The most important initiative of this research is to identify the concept of sharing economy for the success of platform government; It can also be said that providing new coordinates for the concept of platform government according to the Studies conducted in this field is one of the most important values of the leading article.
Paper Type: Research Paper

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Public Administration Perspective
Volume 14, Issue 3 - Serial Number 55
2023
Pages 183-210