Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East) - Hardcover

Nomani, Farhad; Behdad, Sohrab

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815630700 ISBN 13: 9780815630708

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In the past twenty-five years Iran has experienced a revolution and a turbulent post revolutionary period under an Islamic state that declared itself the government of the oppressed while it struggled to establish a utopian Islamic economy. In this pioneering work Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad provide a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of change and class configuration in Iranian society. Using a theoretical framework, they map the trajectory of class changes over time, specifically noting the movements between pre revolutionary and post revolutionary Iran. A centerpiece of the book is its analysis of the changes in the pattern of employment of women in the post revolutionary period.

Despite its conceptual and quantitative approach, the book is written in a clear and lucid style, making it accessible to a wide audience. The authors provide a fresh look into Iranian society by exploring the changes in its essential underlying economic structure, and in doing so, the book lays the foundation for comparative studies of social hierarchy of labor in other Middle Eastern countries.

About this title

About the Author:

Sohrab Behdad is a professor and the John E. Harris Chair in Economics at Denison University.

Review:

"There are surprisingly few books, on any society, which attempt to do what this book does: chart the trajectory of changes in class structures over time. . . . Potentially of interest not just to specialists but to sociologists interested in social stratification and social change."

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0815630700
• ISBN 13: 9780815630708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284