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Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Iran: Culture, Ideology, and Mobilizing Frameworks
Contributor(s): Poulson, Stephen C. (Author)
ISBN: 0739117572     ISBN-13: 9780739117576
Publisher: Lexington Books
OUR PRICE:   $56.42  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2006
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - 20th Century
- Social Science
- History | Middle East - General
Dewey: 303.484
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6" W x 9" (1.13 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.