Revolution and reform in Russia and Iran : modernisation and politics in revolutionary states
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Revolution and reform in Russia and Iran : modernisation and politics in revolutionary states
（International library of political studies, 51）
I.B. Tauris, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-297) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Russian Revolutions of 1917 and the Iranian Revolution of 1979 are two examples of dramatic, sudden and extraordinary political upheaval that significantly altered the nature of the state and society in the modern age. Here, Ghoncheh Tazmini provides an unprecedented comparative study of these two major revolutions of the twentieth century, which although removed from each other both spatially and temporally, have striking similarities. Examining the roots, events and impact of these two defining upheavals, Tazmini analyses how they resemble each other, stressing the continuity of the dilemma of modernisation for the Romanov, Pahlavi, Communist and Islamist rulers alike. This book is a significant contribution to both historical and contemporary debates concerning Russian and Iranian politics, and to the discourse on the origins and consequences of modernisation and revolution themselves.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Revolution and Modernisation: The Theoretical Context
Chapter 2: Historical Patterns of Modernisation from Above
Chapter 3: Modernising Romanov Russia and Pahlavi Iran
Chapter 4: Preserving the Russian Autocrat and the Iranian Despot
Chapter 5: The Revolutionary Movement and Moment
Chapter 6: Post-revolutionary Modernisation: Alternative Modernities
Chapter 7: Transcending the Modernisation Dilemma
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