Studying relation of Social Capital and the development level of region (Case Study; urban region of Ilam)

The Purpose of this paper is analyzing the relationship between Social Capital, and the development level of Ilam. To do this, combination of the mixed idea of Durkhim; Anomie theory, Habermas; Life World and Social Transition has been introduced as a theoretical base. Method this research is done by a social survey. Statistical population is all the household Caretakers in Ilam. Due to the spreading of the statistical population, the multi stage sampling is adopted to survey among 402 sample. Dependent variable in this research is the development level of Ilam’s regions.Considering the degree of development it is divided to developed, developing and under developed regions. Findings show that the amount of inter personal trust is upper than public and institutional trust. In this statistical population the amount of informal participation is high and the amount of formal ones is low. There isn’t relationship between the amount of cooperation, institutional trust and amount of political participation with the level of development. As a conclusion it should be said that, although Ilam is developing in urban fabric, in one hand because of anomic situation and destroying world life on the other hand, which both are the consequents of modernization experience, the relationship between urban development of region and the level of social capital has been disturbed.