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Amin Al Zarb
Author_John Foran
Category=JP
Dependency Paradigm
dependency theory
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External Arena
Iran's Foreign Trade
Iran's international trade
Iranian Army
Iranian Social Formation
Iranian social movements
Islamic Revolution
Middle East modernization
Nasir Al Din Shah
Oil Nationalization
Pahlavi Dynasty
Petty Commodity Mode
political culture analysis
Populist Alliance
populist movements
Qajar Dynasty
Qajar Iran
Qajar Period
Qajar State
Reza Shah
Safavid dynasty
Safavid Iran
Safavid Period
Safavid Shahs
Safavid State
Seventeenth Century Iran
social change in Iran history
social movements
sociology of development
Tudeh Party
Vaqf Properties
West Germany
world-systems theory
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367011574
- Weight: 1030g
- Dimensions: 147 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book traces the transformation of Iran's social structure from the rise of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the dramatic social movements of the twentieth century. Rooted in the current debates in the sociology of development, the book offers a new assessment of the encounter of Iran with the West in light of a variety of social science theories including world systems, dependency, and political culture. John Foran presents a new synthesis of Iranian history, arguing that Iranian social structure is the historical product of both internal and external dynamics and that commercial, political, and military relations with the West shaped social arrangements in ways that activated a series of "populist" movements of resistance. He maintains that these movements have been only partially successful because they rested on fragile social bases and because foreign powers have continued to intervene in the country's affairs. Foran excels in making the 1979 Islamic Revolution intelligible in terms of Iran's history.
