A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071RNTKVZ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. Today, more people in the country are connected to welfare and social policy institutions than to any other form of state organization. In A Social Revolution, Kevan Harris convincingly demonstrates how t
From the Inside Flap"This impressive book pushes Iranian studies from the cloisters of area studies to the wider precincts of global political economy."—Charles Kurzman, author of The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran "An original account of how the revolutionary regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran was able to survive years of turmoil. Harris has had the privilege of gathering the materials from inside Iran, access few American scholars have had since the 1979 revolution."—Ervand Abrahamian, author of The Coup: 1953, the C.I.A., and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations "A Social Revolution