1979 Flashcards
1
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Historiography
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- Foucault views the revolution as a post-modern revolution
- Mahdavi describes the regime as ‘petrolic neo-sultanism’
- Theda Skocpol refers to the Shah’s regime as a ‘rentier state’
- Maryam Panah refers to the post-white rev rural population as the ‘rural proletariat’
- Denoueux sees the anti-profiteering campaign as key to revolution
2
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Political repression
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- SAVAK formed in 1957
- Rastakhiz Party formed 1975
- Repression of Black Friday protests in 1978 88 people killed
- Anti-profiteering campaign banned 23,000 Bazaaris and 8,000 put in prison
3
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Oil policy and impact
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- between 1972 and 1975 oil revenue increased from $1.6billion to $17.4billion
- Inflation rate of 10% a year between 1973-77 , 27% in 1977
4
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Macro-economic growth in Iran
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-9.6% a year between 1960 and 1977
5
Q
White rev land reform
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-small-scale property owners, however excluded 40% of rural population
6
Q
Growing importance of Shi’ism
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-1963 protests were led by islamic clerics and intelligentsia
7
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Nativism
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-Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s Gharbzadegi
