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Iran
A Revolution in Turmoil

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Haleh Afshar - Editor

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Hardcover - 262 pages

Release Date: November 1985

ISBN10: 0-88706-125-7
ISBN13: 978-0-88706-125-7

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Paperback - 262 pages

Release Date: November 1985

ISBN10: 0-88706-126-5
ISBN13: 978-0-88706-126-4

Summary

The first book about the Iranian revolution written entirely by Iranians.

Iran: A Revolution in Turmoil is the first book about the Iranian revolution written entirely by Iranians. Insightful and authoritative, this collection brings together the viewpoints of academics and civil servants as they discuss the political, social, and economic causes of the Iranian revolution and the subsequent successes and failures of the Islamic government.

The book examines the development process in Iran, including a critique of the Shah’s policies and their effect on oil, agriculture, and the tribal and urban populations. The selections also focus on the government’s use of the army against the revolutionary forces, and on the Iranian guerilla movement. Iran: A Revolution in Turmoil contains the first English translation of several speeches by Ayatollah Motahari, which formed the theoretical framework of the Islamic revolution.

While the articles in the book are specifically concerned with Iran, their conclusions are important to all third world countries, along with those institutions concerned with economic growth and political stability.

Haleh Afshar is Lecturer in the Development School of Science and Society at the University of Bradford, England.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Glossary
Abbreviations Used

Introduction

PART I. DUALISTIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Economic Development and Revolutionary Upheavals in Iran
M. H. Pesaran

2. The Impact of the Urban Income Per Capita on Agricultural Output: A Case Study of pre-1975 Iran
Kamran Afshar

3. An Assessment of Agricultural Development Policies in Iran
Haleh Afshar

4. Tribes and State in Iran: From Pahlavi to Islamic Republic
G. Reza Fazel

5. Iran's Petroleum Policy: How Does the Oil Industry Function in Revolutionary Iran?
Fereidun Fesharaki

PART II. POLITICS OF DISSENT AND THE ARMED FORCES

6. The Crowd in Iranian Politics, 1905-53
Ervand Abrahamian

7. The Guerrilla Movement in Iran, 1963-77
Ervand Abrahamian

8. The Army
Haleh Afshar

PART III. THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

9. The Nature of the Islamic Revolution
Morteza Motahari

10. The Iranian Theocracy
Haleh Afshar

Epilogue

Index

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Middle East Politics

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