Labor Unions and Autocracy in Iran

by   and Habib Ladjevardi

Ladjevardi follows the rise and ebb of political development in Iran from 1906 to the recent past by looking at one aspect of political growth: the emergence of labor unions. Presenting a history of the labor movement in Iran, he begins with the genesis of the movement from 1906 to 1921 and then looks at the state of labor unions under Reza Shah from 1925 to 1941. During the 1940s polarization between the unions and the government increased, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815623437
• ISBN13: 9780815623434
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"