Introduction -- Foundations of social movement theory -- Culture and anchoring social movement narratives in Islamic history -- Culture and traditional forms of symbolic protest in Iranian history -- Social structure : relations between the religious elite, the bazaar, the state, and the crowd in Iran -- Social structure : British and Russian intervention in Iran -- The tobacco movement (1890-92) -- The constitutional revolution (1906-9) -- Post World War II nationalist movements : the Tudeh and the National Front (1944-53) -- Ideology and movement frames of the Iranian religious revival (1962-1978) -- Post revolutionary movements in modern Iran -- A century of social movements in Iran
Summary
"In this work Stephen C. Poulson illuminates the following social movements: the 1890-1892 Tobacco Movement; the 1906-1909 Constitutional Revolution; two post-World War II movements, led by the Tudeh party and the National Front; the 1963 Qom Protest; the 1978-1979 Iranian Revolution; and the activities of postrevolutionary reform groups. These movements have confronted two primary questions: How should the Iranian state achieve independence in the world? What rights should individual Iranians enjoy in their political and social system? Poulson examines the continuity and change in how various Iranian political actors have framed and answered these questions during important periods of social protest."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index
