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Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Iran: Culture, Ideology, and Mobilizing Frameworks
Contributor(s): Poulson, Stephen C. (Author)
ISBN: 0739108883     ISBN-13: 9780739108888
Publisher: Lexington Books
OUR PRICE:   $134.64  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2005
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Annotation: Stephen C. Poulson investigates cycles of social protest in Iran from 1890 to the present era. This work covers the following social movements: the 1890-92 Tobacco Movement; the 1906-09 Constitutional Revolution; two post-World War II movements, the Tudeh (Masses) and the National Front; the 1963 Qom Protest; and the 1978-79 Iranian Revolution. Poulson shows how various Iranian political actors have framed their dissent, drawing on both regional and Western-influenced modes of protest to achieve their ends.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - General
- History | Social History
- History | Modern - 20th Century
Dewey: 303.484
LCCN: 2005008468
Physical Information: 1.27" H x 6.74" W x 9.26" (1.46 lbs) 350 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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In this work Stephen C. Poulson, a scholar of collective action and social movements, investigates cycles of social protest in Iran from 1890 to the present era. He illuminates the following social movements: the 1890-1892 Tobacco Movement; the 1906-1909 Constitutional Revolution; two post-World War II movements, the Tudeh (Masses) and the National Front; the 1963 Qom Protest; and the 1978-1979 Iranian Revolution. These movements confronted two primary questions: How should the Iranian state achieve independence in the world and what rights should individual Iranians enjoy in their political and social system? Poulson examines the framing of these questions and their answers by various Iranian political actors over time, revealing both continuity and change.