Social Movements in Twentieth-Century Iran

Culture, Ideology, and Mobilizing Frameworks

Stephen C. Poulson

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2005
• eBook ISBN: 9780739161012
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

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.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Table of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• One - Introduction
• Two - Foundations of Social Movement Theory
• Part One - Culture, Social Structure, and Unifying Narratives in Twentieth-Century Iran
• Part Two - Cycles of Protest and the Negotiation of Movement Frames in Twentieth-Century Iran
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author