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Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter?(Book review)
Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? by Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad, Syracuse University Press, 2006. xiii + 214 pages. Tables. Bibl. to p. 234. Index to p. 268. $49.95.
To say that the publication of a book on Iran's social classes in 2006 is timely is simply to note that more than any other time this year, Iran is the focus of international attention. This book makes an important and timely contribution to our understanding of the internal dynamics of Iran's society. The question the authors pose, and the book's subtitle, is "Did the Revolution Matter?" Their short answer is that it did not, at least as far as the class structure is concerned. Their long answer, which takes the reader through much painstaking manipulation of census employment data, shows that the Revolution brought about deep changes in employment structure during its first (the "Khomeini") decade that were reversed during the subsequent period of "rejuvenation of capitalism."
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