Investigating Rationality in Public Policy Making with Meta-synthesis Method

This study aimed to investigate the rationality of public policy with  Meta-synthesis  Research. While systematically reviewing the resources found in the field of rationality in policy-making, the Meta-synthesis research method has selected 44 sources from 395 sources found. The research findings showed that 176 primary codes and 36 components or the main concept were identified in the form of 8 categories of political, economic, empirical, legal, moral, religious, instrumental and normative rationality among the extracted codes. The frequency of rationalities is political, legal, practical, economic, normative, communicative, instrumental, religious and moral rationality Respectively .The category of political rationality has the highest frequency among the studied sources. Based on the research findings, it is concluded that the diversity and multidimensionality of the studied phenomena in public policy making requires that policy making researchers use a variety of systematic methods to make policy-makers decisions in the field of policy analysis in a way that is easier and more convenient.