Bazaar and State in Iran : The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace / Arang Keshavarzian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keshavarzian, Arang, 1973-

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Cambridge Middle East Studies ; no. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bazaars (Markets)--Iran--Tehran.

Bazaars (Markets).

Social conditions.

Iran--Economic conditions--1918-.

Iran.

Economic conditions.

Iran--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Iran--Social conditions--20th century.

Iran--Tehran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

The Tehran bazaar has always been central to the Iranian economy and, indeed, to the Iranian urban experience. Arang Keshavarzian's fascinating book compares the economics and politics of the marketplace under the Pahlavis, who sought to undermine it in the drive for modernization, and under the subsequent revolutionary regime, which came to power with a mandate to preserve the bazaar as an 'Islamic' institution. The outcomes of their respective policies were completely at odds with their intentions. Despite the Shah's hostile approach, the bazaar flourished under his rule, and maintained its organizational autonomy to such an extent that it played an integral role in the Islamic revolution. Conversely, the Islamic Republic implemented policies that unwittingly transformed the ways in which the Arang Keshavarzian's book affords unusual insights into the politics, economics and society of Iran across four decades.

Contents:

1 The puzzle of the Tehran Bazaar under the Pahlavi monarchy and the Islamic Republic 1

Appendix Methods of Data Collection and Evaluation 30

2 Conceptualizing the bazaar 39

3 Bazaar transformations: networks, reputations and solidarities 74

4 Networks in the context of transformative agendas 127

5 Carpets, tea, and teacups: commodity types and sectoral trajectories 187

6 Networks of mobilization under two regimes 228.

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ISBN:

9780511492228

9780521866187

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