Content Analysis of Rural Development Laws In Socio-Economic and Cultural Development Plans of Iran

The main purpose of this study is to examine the consistence of rural development laws and regulations in five years development plans. Content analysis was applied in this study. Descriptive analysis of rural development plans showed that this phrase frequency was 6, 13, 8, 15, 8 in first to fifth development plans respectively. The frequency of referring to social dimension of rural development, was 6,7,10, 12 and 9 in these five years development plans, respectively. The frequency of attention to environmental dimension of rural development, was 2,1,5,3 and 1 respectively. Furthermore, this frequency for economic dimension , was 9,19,14,14 and 10 in these plans respectively. Laws and regulations related to Rural development, had an ascending trend from first plan until fifth but declined in the fifth one which is may be because of shift in government approaches. Furthermore, it should be noted that the extent of attention to environmental dimension of rural development was less than social and economic dimensions.