Identifying the Effective Factors of Public Welfare Governance with a Social Justice Development Approach: A Qualitative Research

The public welfare governance can improve the quality of life of people in society. As a result, the purpose of this study was identifying the effective factors of public welfare governance with a social justice development approach.

The present study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The study population was public welfare governance experts of whole country in 2020 year, which according to the principle of theoretical saturation number of 15 people of them were selected as a sample by purposive sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews (7 questions) and analyzed by open, axial and selective coding methods in MAXQDA software version 10.

The findings showed that the public welfare governance with a social justice development approach had 197 open codes in 19 axial codes and 7 elective codes. The selective codes were included participation (with three axial codes of participation in service delivery, participation of public institutions and organizations in governance and participation in policy-making), accountability (with two axial codes of accountability to institutions and oversight), efficiency and effectiveness (with three axial codes of providing employment-generating plans, greater efficiency of services and stability in economy), enactment and rule of law (with four axial codes of adopting the right policies, government and people respect to law, maintaining security and stability in society), responsibility (with three axial codes of managerial responsibility, public oversight and creating an atmosphere of cultural responsibility), transparency (with two axial codes fight against corruption and media freedom) and justice (with two axial codes providing equal and effective services and combating with social discrimination).

According to the results of this study, for public welfare governance with a social justice development approach can be improved the identified codes for it by improving the conditions and educational workshops.