A comparative study of the relationship between political parties and economic development

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Soosan Khaleghi Karsalari ¹ , isa hasanzadeh ² , Mohammad Reza Naeim ³ , Abbas Ali Talebi ⁴

1 - PHD student in Sociology of Economy and Development, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
3 - Faculty member of Department of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Swadkoh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sawadkooh, Iran

Received: 2023-09-17 Accepted : 2023-09-17 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: Economic Development, توسعه اقتصادی, توسعه سیاسی, political development, party, کارگزار, agent, تحزب, party Political development,

Abstract :

As a comparative study of the relationship between political parties and economic development during the Pahlavi and after the Islamic revolution in Iran, this article deals with the course of economic and political developments in the form of development plans in order to describe and analyze the relationship between parties as an indicator of political development and economic plans. In terms of methodology, the research is of a qualitative and analytical type, which is done in a documentary way. The Pahlavi II regime was interested in the party system of the state until a one-party system was established, and economic development was usually done with the consultation and supervision of the king. Civil and economic planning was also within the framework of the White Revolution and its nineteen-point charter and construction plans that were compiled by the Planning and Budget Organization, and the parties had no involvement in the planning system. During the Islamic Revolution, the country's development plans were compiled in the form of five-year plans, and the Program and Budget Organization was the main agent in preparing and compiling the plan. The Islamic Republic Party was the most comprehensive revolutionary and Islamic party, but due to the differences caused by the political attitude and orientation, it did not have an impact on the economic system. The reduced parties of the development programs were also ineffective. So that the most alignment and the best performance can be found in the third, first, second, fifth and fourth plans after revolution.