<span lang="EN">Governance with Adjectives: A Typology and Critical Evaluation of the Persian Literature on Islamic, Religious, Alavi, and Transcendent Governance

Purpose: This study critically evaluates the conceptualization mechanism in the Persian literature on qualified governance—a field that has faced a mass of overlapping terminology over the past two decades without offering researchers a conceptual map for orientation. The aim is not to reject or endorse the normative content of this literature but to methodologically evaluate its concept construction.Methodology: This is a critical review within the framework of integrative reviews. The population comprised Persian scientific articles published between ۲۰۰۶ and ۲۰۲۵, selected through purposive theoretical sampling. The analysis tool was a seven-criterion framework based on Sartori, Goertz, and Gerring's criteria.Findings: The identified terms fall into six conceptual families (text-oriented, discourse-oriented, philosophical-hikmi, civilizational-ideal, indigenous-national, and confrontational), with four dominant construction mechanisms (suffixation, juxtaposition, idealization, and confrontation). The seven-criterion evaluation shows moderate definitional clarity, weak differentiation from adjacent concepts and falsifiability, and a dual status in operationalization. Conclusion: The root of dispersion in this field lies not merely in topic selection but in the mechanism of concept construction. A four-step framework for conceptual disciplining is proposed.

کلیدواژه ها:

Qualified Governance ، conceptualization ، critical review ، Persian Governance Literature ، Falsifiability