State and Society in Iran The Eclipse of the Qajars and the Emergence of the Pahlavis

by Katouzian, Homa

• ISBN13: 9781860643590
• ISBN10: 1860643590
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Iran was the first country of the Middle East to experience (in 1905-1906) a popular revolution that demanded the rule of law and parliamentary government. Seeking to explain this pattern, Katouzian offers a theoretical framework for the study of Iranian history, state, and society which is then applied to social and political developments from the Constitutional Revolution to the fall of the Qajar state.

Author Biography

Homa Katouzian is a social scientist and author of Sadeq Hedayat and Musaddiq and the Struggle for Power in Iran.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Preface	viii
A Note on Method	x
Arbitrary rule: a comparative theory of state, politics and society in Iran	1	(24)
Liberty and licence in the Constitutional Revolution	25	(30)
Constitutionalism and Chaos	55	(33)
The campaign for the 1919 Agreement	88	(33)
The campaign against the 1919 Agreement	121	(43)
The Fall of Vosuq	164	(24)
The Fall of Moshir	188	(26)
The road to the 1921 Coup	214	(28)
The 1921 Coup	242	(26)
Reza Khan and the end of chaos	268	(36)
Reza Shah and modern arbitrary rule	304	(39)
Appendix	343	(4)
Index	347