NATIONAL COHESION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF JAPAN AND IRAN IN RECENT CENTURIES

• Main Author: Jabbari, Mohammad Hasane
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Centuries; Communication; Economic development; Modernization; Power
• ISSN: 1849-6903; 1849-6903

This paper examines the economic development in two countries of Iran and Japan in recent centuries. In this article to be tried; modernization actions of Iran and Japan for economic development with guidance and reforms of above by elites in other words by powerful forces is examined. Two countries of Iran and Japan with regard to the economic superiority and development of West tried to find an economic balance with the West. The modernization actions of Japan began with Meiji revolution. Emperor with the Japan powerful forces by territorial and financial reforms provided the necessary resources to the development of industries and with the formation of heavy and light industries had a major role in the economic development of Japan. In Iran, modernization efforts was formed in the Qajar and Pahlavi period by Abbas Mirza, Amir Kabir, Sepahsalar, Constitutional Revolution, Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah but the result of efforts was different despite somewhat similar situation. Japan succeeded in economic development but Iran could not reach to economic development like Japan. In Japan there was consensus and harmony between powerful forces with a unit goal to achieve economic development, but in Iran there was not such consensus and unanimity to reach to economic development in both Gajar and Pahlavi period because personal interests rather than national interests. The research method of article is historical and descriptive. In this article be tried according to the theory of habermas, the process of economic modernization is evaluated in two countries of Iran and Japan to historical and descriptive method to reach economic development.