Editors:
- Fills a gap in the research concerning Iran's post-revolutionary struggle for social justice
- Presents both secular and Islamic approaches to activism
- Explores the ways in which the Internet and social media have contributed to Iranian activists' outreach
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“A key element informing the Iranian revolution of 1979 was the ideal of ‘social justice.’ No more. This unique collection of studies examines the underlying dynamics behind the decline of this rather noble principle, and suggests ways to resurrect its spirit. Written by young and established scholars discussing structures, ideas, agency, and activism, this book is a valuable plea to redeem ‘social justice’ in these bleak neoliberal conditions.” (Asef Bayat, author of “Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn” (2007), and “Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East” (2010))
“This is a rich and thoughtful collection, deftly edited and wonderfully argued. …The authors use their social and political positioning to theorize the interconnections between ‘the rentier nature of the country’ and topics such as workers collective action, the mobilizing capabilities of religion, co-operative economics, and economic liberalization. The collection is a coherent, thought-provoking, and committed work of scholarship and politics.” (Parin Dossa, author of “Afghanistan Remembers: Gendered Narrations of Violence and Culinary Practices” (2014))
“Is a richly diverse collection of essays that provides a broad and deep understanding of the economic, cultural, political, and social struggles that were transmuted and defeated in the making of the contemporary Iranian state … . The need and the potential for a new democratic Iranian left, grounded in popular movements, shine brightly in these well-researched, reflective essays.” (William K. Carroll, author of “Expose, Oppose, Propose: Alternative Policy Groups and the Struggle for Global Justice” (2016))
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Peyman Vahabzadeh
About the editor
Peyman Vahabzadeh is Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Victoria, Canada. His recent books include A Guerrilla Odyssey: Modernization, Secularism, Democracy and the Fadai Period of National Liberation in Iran, 1970-1979 (2010), Exilic Meditations: Essays on A Displaced Life (2013), and Parviz Sadri: A Political Biography (2015; in Persian).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Iran’s Struggles for Social Justice
Book Subtitle: Economics, Agency, Justice, Activism
Editors: Peyman Vahabzadeh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44227-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44226-6Published: 27 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83016-2Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44227-3Published: 20 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 323
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Political Sociology, Middle Eastern Politics