Misagh Parsa
Biographic Data
| ID | 129530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Misagh Parsa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Misagh |
| FAMILY NAME | Parsa |
| SIGNATURE | PARSA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Authoritarian Survival: Iran's Republic of Repression
Although democracy spread throughout the world during the latter part of the twentieth century, a number of countries remain highly authoritarian. To understand authoritarianism's survival, analysts must examine the nature of these regimes, the social movements that rise to challenge them, and the likelihood that transformation will be revolutionary. This article argues that the persistence of the Iran's theocracy stems from a confluence of facto…
Organizing for Collective Action: The Political Economies of Associations
Organizing for Collective Action investigates the political and economic behaviors of national associations, including trade associations, professional societies, labor unions, and public interest groups. It focuses upon the ways that these organizations acquire resources and allocate them to various collective actions, particularly for member services, public relations, and political action. This analysis is structured around three broad theoret…
Democracy in Iran: Why It Failed and How It Might Succeed
Democracy in Iran examines democratization movements and processes in Iran over the last few decades, explains the causes of their failure, and suggests possible route to successful democratization. The book proposes a new framework for analyzing routes for democratization in the context of extremely authoritarian regimes in developing countries, specifically, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The new framework specifies the relevant variables in the…
Ideology and Political Action in the Iranian Revolution
Scholars of the Iranian revolution have often explained the 1979 overthrow of the Pahlavi regime in terms of the rise of an Islamic movement that inspired Iranians to challenge the shah, confront the powerful army, and engage in martyrdom to bring down the monarchy. Leaders of the Islamic regime also consistently endorsed these views and claimed that the revolution was for Islam. This article analyzes the nature of the collective actions of major…
Introduction: The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution
State, Class, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution
Research Article| May 01 2009 State, Class, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution Misagh Parsa Misagh Parsa Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (1): 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-2008-041 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Misagh Parsa; State, Class, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution. Comparative Stud…
Revolutions: A Worldwide Introduction to Political and Social Change
States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines
Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The book studies the background to revolution provided by state formation and development, economic intervention, the states' vulnerabilities, and the s…
States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines
Development, revolution, and the movements of the urban poor
Bayat, Asef. Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997)
Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change.Fatma Muge Gocek
Ideology and Revolution in Iran
Debating Revolutions
Entrepreneurs and Democratization: Iran and the Philippines
The relationship between social structure and the emergence of democracy has long intrigued social scientists. In an early statement of the modernization perspective on this topic, Lipset (1960) postulated that a strong association exists between the degree of socioeconomic development and democracy. As economic development rose, so did wealth, income, and education, but income inequality declined, resulting in a population of moderate upper and …
Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution
Revolution and Economic Transition: The Iranian Experience
Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution
Revolution in the World-System
Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution
Organizing for Collective Action
Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution
Theories of collective action and the Iranian revolution
In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power
Economic development and political transformation: A comparative analysis of the United States, Russia, Nicaragua, and Iran
Land, Politics and Capital Accumulation
Authoritarian Survival: Iran's Republic of Repression
Although democracy spread throughout the world during the latter part of the twentieth century, a number of countries remain highly authoritarian. To understand authoritarianism's survival, analysts must examine the nature of these regimes, the social movements that rise to challenge them, and the likelihood that transformation will be revolutionary. This article argues that the persistence of the Iran's theocracy stems from a confluence of facto…
Revolutions: A Worldwide Introduction to Political and Social Change
Theories of collective action and the Iranian revolution
Ideology and Political Action in the Iranian Revolution
Scholars of the Iranian revolution have often explained the 1979 overthrow of the Pahlavi regime in terms of the rise of an Islamic movement that inspired Iranians to challenge the shah, confront the powerful army, and engage in martyrdom to bring down the monarchy. Leaders of the Islamic regime also consistently endorsed these views and claimed that the revolution was for Islam. This article analyzes the nature of the collective actions of major…
Entrepreneurs and Democratization: Iran and the Philippines
The relationship between social structure and the emergence of democracy has long intrigued social scientists. In an early statement of the modernization perspective on this topic, Lipset (1960) postulated that a strong association exists between the degree of socioeconomic development and democracy. As economic development rose, so did wealth, income, and education, but income inequality declined, resulting in a population of moderate upper and …
Economic development and political transformation: A comparative analysis of the United States, Russia, Nicaragua, and Iran
Land, Politics and Capital Accumulation
In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power
Economic development and political transformation: A comparative analysis of the United States, Russia, Nicaragua, and Iran
Theories of collective action and the Iranian revolution
Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution
Revolution in the World-System
Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution
Organizing for Collective Action
Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution
Revolution and Economic Transition: The Iranian Experience
Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution
Ideology and Revolution in Iran
Debating Revolutions
Entrepreneurs and Democratization: Iran and the Philippines
The relationship between social structure and the emergence of democracy has long intrigued social scientists. In an early statement of the modernization perspective on this topic, Lipset (1960) postulated that a strong association exists between the degree of socioeconomic development and democracy. As economic development rose, so did wealth, income, and education, but income inequality declined, resulting in a population of moderate upper and …
Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change.Fatma Muge Gocek
Development, revolution, and the movements of the urban poor
Bayat, Asef. Street Politics: Poor People's Movements in Iran. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997)
States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines
Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The book studies the background to revolution provided by state formation and development, economic intervention, the states' vulnerabilities, and the s…
States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines
Revolutions: A Worldwide Introduction to Political and Social Change
Introduction: The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution
State, Class, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution
Research Article| May 01 2009 State, Class, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution Misagh Parsa Misagh Parsa Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (1): 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-2008-041 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Misagh Parsa; State, Class, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution. Comparative Stud…
Ideology and Political Action in the Iranian Revolution
Scholars of the Iranian revolution have often explained the 1979 overthrow of the Pahlavi regime in terms of the rise of an Islamic movement that inspired Iranians to challenge the shah, confront the powerful army, and engage in martyrdom to bring down the monarchy. Leaders of the Islamic regime also consistently endorsed these views and claimed that the revolution was for Islam. This article analyzes the nature of the collective actions of major…
Democracy in Iran: Why It Failed and How It Might Succeed
Democracy in Iran examines democratization movements and processes in Iran over the last few decades, explains the causes of their failure, and suggests possible route to successful democratization. The book proposes a new framework for analyzing routes for democratization in the context of extremely authoritarian regimes in developing countries, specifically, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The new framework specifies the relevant variables in the…
Organizing for Collective Action: The Political Economies of Associations
Organizing for Collective Action investigates the political and economic behaviors of national associations, including trade associations, professional societies, labor unions, and public interest groups. It focuses upon the ways that these organizations acquire resources and allocate them to various collective actions, particularly for member services, public relations, and political action. This analysis is structured around three broad theoret…
Authoritarian Survival: Iran's Republic of Repression
Although democracy spread throughout the world during the latter part of the twentieth century, a number of countries remain highly authoritarian. To understand authoritarianism's survival, analysts must examine the nature of these regimes, the social movements that rise to challenge them, and the likelihood that transformation will be revolutionary. This article argues that the persistence of the Iran's theocracy stems from a confluence of facto…
Political science (21 works) · Politics (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Islamic Studies and History (12 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · History (6 works) · Ideology (6 works)