Social change in Iran : an eyewitness account of dissent, defiance, and new movements for rights / Behzad Yaghmaian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaghmaian, Behzad, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Iran.

Social change.

Student movements.

Iran--Politics and government--1997-.

Iran.

Politics and government.

Civil society--Iran.

Civil society.

Student movements--Iran.

Iran--Social conditions--1997-.

Social conditions.

Iran--Economic conditions--1997-.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Contents:

Iran: an eyewitness account and study of social change

Emerging social movements, victories, and setbacks in the battle for rights

State and the socialization of violence: a narrative of everyday life

Children of the Islamic Republic, part I: the rise of a new social movement for joy: a narrative

Children of the Islamic Republic, part II: student movement: transcendence from a movement against rights to a movement for rights

Children of the Islamic Republic, part III: the politicization of the movement for joy: a narrative of a new student movement in the making

A movement for a free press, the vanguard of the battle for rights and civil society

State, economy, and civil society, part I: wage earners' response to economic catastrophe

State, economy, and civil society, part II: economic decline, divided state, and policy retreat: the triumph of neoliberalism

Oil, international division of labor, and the crisis of the Iranian economy: a political economy analysis

The great debate: a republic or Velayat-e faghih?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.

ISBN:

0791452115

0791452123

OCLC:

47705624