Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract The present article is an attempt to understand how the transition to governance in political theory and analysis of its theoretical approaches occurs. Given that over the past four decades there have been significant changes in the face of power at the level of the political system and the performance of governments, so debates about the decline of government power and the emergence of various political and political actors and changes in governance as one of the main issues in the new era. Therefore, the present article is aimed at answering the fundamental question of what approach has contemporary political thought taken to the nature of the transition from government policy? In answer to this question, two possibilities of theoretical controversy are examined: The first view, or the mainstream of political thought, views the transition from government to governance, and in contrast to the critical current (the second view), doubts the positive approach of the mainstream from the different and emerging role of power here called governance. The present article expresses the views of their thinkers and explains the different dimensions of this debate by stating three theoretical approaches related to the transition in the way of governing and analyzing the three levels of government, governance and governance

Abstract A lot of political theories have focused on criticism and so rejection of political systems while they have attempted to introduce new alternatives. Therefore, depleting the attitude and belief about legitimacy of a dominant system while introducing an ideal alternative, concurrent with creating a mind set on why, how and when to overthrow the previous system, is the main function of a political theory. Although the political thinkers are usually try to avoid challenging the political systems directly, their explanations typically cause a political disorder, as their statements about an ideal system lead the people to feel unhappy about the existing system. The author of this paper is of the view that given the difference between political ideology and political thought, they may lead to different approaches about overthrow or change in a political system.