Dariush Zahedi

The Iranian Revolution Then And Now

Indicators Of Regime Instability

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Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses the Islamic Republic's potential for revolution through a comparative analysis of the present with 1979 pre-Revolutionary Iran. It identifies two "ideal-typical" forms of revolutionary change?the regime collapses on its own or the regime is overthrown.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9780813338712
• ISBN-10: 0813338719
• Artikelnr.: 21257423

Autorenporträt

Dariush Zahedi received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Southern California in 1998. He has been a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University's centre for Middle Eastern Studies, and is currently a lecturer at UC Berkeley's Department of Political Science. He is also the Director of the West Coast operations of the American Iranian Council (AIC). Chaired by former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, AIC is a non-profit, educational, organization devoted to improving relations between the US and Iran

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Problem of Revolution
The Social Underpinnings of Present
Day and Prerevolutionary Regimes: The Intelligentsia, the Clerics, and the Bazaaris
The Social Underpinnings of the Monarchy and the Theocracy: The Business Community, the Middle Class, and the Dispossessed
The Oppositional Forces: From Temporary Cohesion to Large
Scale Demoralization and Disorganization
Comparing the Nature and Leadership Qualities of Prerevolutionary and Postrevolutionary Authoritarian Regimes
Conclusion: The Problem of Revolution Revisited