For decades, political observers and experts have described the Islamic Republic of Iran as an ideologically rigid state on the brink of collapse, exclusively connected to a narrow social base. In A Social Revolution, Kwan Harris convincingly shows h ...
For decades, political observers and experts have described the Islamic Republic of Iran as an ideologically rigid state on the brink of collapse, exclusively connected to a narrow social base. In A Social Revolution, Kwan Harris convincingly shows how they are wrong. Previous studies ignore the consequences of three decades of social change after the 1979 revolution. Today, more people in the country are connected to welfare institutions and social policy than any other form of government organization. In fact, most of Iran's current political turmoil is the result of the success of these social welfare programs that have created newly educated social classes. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Iran, Harris shows how the revolutionary regime has managed to resist to the present day through the expansion of health and education programs that embedded the state in everyday life. This focus on the social policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran provides a new line of research on welfare states in countries that are often neglected.
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