State and Society in Iran: From Constitution to the Rise of the Pahlavi State

by Homayon Katouzian

Homa Katouzian offers a groundbreaking theoretical framework for the study of Modern Iranian history. In the model, he proposes, Katouzian identifies a cycle of arbitrary rule leading to chaos, resulting in a further period of arbitrary rule, degenerating once more into chaos, and so on. The ebb and flow between the despotism of Naser al-din Shah, the confusion and turmoil of the Constitutional Revolution and the late Qajar period, the tough one-man-rule...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845112725
• ISBN13: 9781845112721
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"