Book Details
Orange Code:33121
Paperback:233 pages
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1. The Problem of Revolution2. The Social Under pinnings of Present-Day and Prerevolutionary Regimes:The Intelligentsia,the Clerks,and the Bazaaris3. TheSocial Underpinnings of the Monarchy and the Theocracy: The Business Community,the Middle Class,and the Dispossessed4. Conclusion:The Problemof Revolution Revisited
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In The Iranian Revolution Then and Now, Dariush Zahedi assesses the Islamic Republic's potential for revolution through an in-depth, theoretically informed, comparative analysis of the present with 1979 pre-Revolutionary Iran. Zahedi discusses how the potential for a revolutionary coup is based on two things: the inherent defects and vulnerabilities in the regime and the coordinated actions of the social groups and individuals opposed to the regime. He also identifies two “ideal-typical” forms of revolutionary change (the regime collapses on its own, or, the regime is overthrown). He concludes that the chances for overthrowing the present regime are moderate.
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