A Social Revolution

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For decades, political observers and pundits have characterized the Islamic Republic of Iran as an ideologically rigid state on the verge of collapse, exclusively connected to a narrow social base In A Social Revolution, Kevan Harris convincingly demonstrates how they are wrong Previous studies ignore the forceful consequences of three decades of social change following the 1979 revolution Today, people in the country are connected to welfare and social policy institutions than to any other form of state organization In fact, much of Iran s current political turbulence is the result of the success of these social welfare programs, which have created newly educated and mobilized social classes advocating for change Based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Iran, Harris shows how the revolutionary regime endured through the expansion of health, education, and aid programs that have both embedded the state in everyday life and empowered its challengers This focus on the social policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran opens a new line of inquiry into the study of welfare states in countries where they are often overlooked or ignored. Free Read Books A Social Revolution Author Kevan Harris – kino-fada.fr Excellent account of how the Iranian revolution of 1979 was, at bottom, a social revolution as much as a religious one that aimed to deal with the contradictions that had emerged out of the economy modernizing state of the Shah Far from being a medieval throwback, in other words, the Islamic Republic a new concept in political theory and practice appealed to a broad range or Iranians precisely because it promised ainclusive social vision, and indeed would go on to deliver on that in t Excellent account of how the Iranian revolution of 1979 was, at bottom, a social revolution as much as a religious one that aimed to deal with the contradictions that had emerged out of the economy modernizing state of the Shah Far from being a medieval throwback, in other word...

A Social Revolution
  • 14 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 336 pages
  • 0520280822
  • Kevan Harris
  • A Social Revolution