Discourse Analysis of the First and Second Development Plans of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Water Sector

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

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1 PhD Candidate of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Abstract

One of the important aspects of water is policy making for water. In different decades, there have been different policies, plans, and regulations with regards to water. The purpose of the current research was to do a discourse analysis on higher documents of water from 1989 to 1999. The research data is the first development plan (1989-1993), general policies of the second development plan (1993), the second development plan (1995-1999), general policies of the third development plan (1999), and general policies on water resources (1999). The research method is Lucklaw and Moufeh discourse analysis method. The research question is: What is the discourse dominating the higher documents? What are the main factors, discourse elements, and othering chains in this discourse? What theory can be used to explain the discourse used in this document? The analysis showed that the dominant discourse is to develop economy through agriculture. This shows the attention policy makers have paid to the quantitative aspects of development through the agricultural sector. This discourse borrows othering the discourse of economic development, the elements of which are the hegemony of construction discourse, water-based employment, and the hegemony of productive government. The discourse focuses on domestic production in agriculture, attracting investment, improving the aims of water sector and agriculture with regards to water and soil.

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