The Reflection of Social Development in Development Programs of IRI (First to Fifth Programs)

Social development is one of the basics of development in general. It consists of different aspects that the function of each is to answer the needs of society and its members in order to achieve human transcendence and better quality of life. This research wants to identify social development and its theoretical basis in laws of development program, and the way it is reflected and proceeded. The logic of this research is deduction and it is planned to describe and compare social aspect of development programs. Its method is content analysis, which emphasis on manifest and latent aspects related to social development in each development program. The statistical population is ratified documentaries of the first to fifth development programs which are completely enumerated. Research findings show that the social welfare approach has superiority over other theoretical approaches, and there was less attention to human capability based on rights and participation. Furthermore, in preparation of development programs, the basic pattern is top-down development planning.