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The Politics of Social Transformation in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan (Hardcover, 1st ed)
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The Politics of Social Transformation in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan (Hardcover, 1st ed)
Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
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This volume comprises the work of some of the leading authorities
in Southwest Asian and Middle Eastern studies concerning the
state-initiated interventions to restructure the socio-political
order in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Weiner and Banuazizi's
detailed introduction describes the unprecedented changes that
followed the collapse of the old regimes. Each coup, and the
resistance movement that followed, tore the already fragile
political and economic infrastructure of each country and nearly
destroyed the social fabric of the population. But the common
thread, according to the editors, was the crucial role Islam played
as a unifying element in these diverse movements. The editors show
how such changes have reshaped each country's alliance with the
others and how the political future of all three governments is
more intertwined today than at any other time in modern history.
The contributors focus on the profound transformations of this
region, particularly since the Communist coup in Afghanistan and
the Islamic revolution in Iran in the late 1970s. Chapters include
material on the social composition and the ideological orientations
of the governing elite and counter-elite, the politics of economic
redistribution and social equity, and state policies affecting the
social, economic and political status of women. This book should be
of interest to students and scholars of Middle East studies,
comparative politics and anthropology.
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