Rentier State and Development Policymaking: An Analysis of Obstacles to the Development of National Economy (1989-2005)

The subject of this paper is the development of national economy, with the main question of “How can we explain the political barriers of the development of national economy in Iran (1989-2004)? In order to solving the problem, we refered to the theories of development by categorizing and critically evaluating. Then we formulated the theoretic apparatus, which is synthesis of Left-witch theory of developmental state, Rentier state theory and short-term society of Katouzian. By operational definition of the concepts of theoretic apparatus, for the purpose of data collection, we used documentary analysis. As for the method as judgment, narrative analysis was applied to analyze the so-called phenomenon as a historical case and to consider it as a research exemplar with the purpose of causal explanation of underdevelopment in Iran. The resareh findings showed that in the case of Rentier state and short-term policy making, development of national economy is weak.