Mohammad Ebrahim Movahedi; Mohammadhossein Panahi; Mohammadreza Tahmak
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Mohammad Ebrahim Movahedi Mohammad Hossein Panahi Mohammadreza Tahmak Date of Receive: 2014/3/7Date of Accept: 2014/6/10Abstractchanges of Local and regional governance institution in Iran, associated with socio-political conditions of the society, is a topic that have not been attended yet in historical ...
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Mohammad Ebrahim Movahedi Mohammad Hossein Panahi Mohammadreza Tahmak Date of Receive: 2014/3/7Date of Accept: 2014/6/10Abstractchanges of Local and regional governance institution in Iran, associated with socio-political conditions of the society, is a topic that have not been attended yet in historical researches. This research has investigated the above-mentioned topic in Bikhejat of Fars with singularity approach to the historical reality, by a mixed method of grounded theory and oral history. The findings show that changes in local and regional governance institution and public socio-political conditions in Bikhejat, on the one hand, has been affected by macro socio-political conditions of the country, and on the other hand, by special socio-political conditions of the region. This is debated in two dispersed patterns: non-centralized sovereignty (from the onset of Qajar to about 1934, and from August 1941 to 1948) and centralized sovereignty (modern state) (from about Solar 1934 to August 1941, and from 1948 to now). The main rapture point is the establishment of a totalitarian modern state in Iran, when local governments are abolished and dissolved; from thenon the changes in local governance follows the formation of the modern state. Moreover, the findings reveal that there is a difference between the history of conformation of non-centralized (federal) sovereignty and modern state in Bikhejat and Tehran; i.e. it is necessary to take into consideration the historical times and multiple temporalities of realities in theorizing state in Iran.
ebrahim saboktakin rizi; mohamma ebrahim movahedi
Volume 12, Issue 31 , November 2005, , Pages 71-110
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This article intends to carry out a sociological study on the political tendencies of Iranian political activists and elits. This article is the outcome of a scientific research carried out among Iranian political activist and through a survey method. The attempt has been made to explain the social bases ...
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This article intends to carry out a sociological study on the political tendencies of Iranian political activists and elits. This article is the outcome of a scientific research carried out among Iranian political activist and through a survey method. The attempt has been made to explain the social bases of their tendencies to one of the two dominant political wings. The theoretical framework of this article is formed using several sociological theories. A political tendency is taken as the dependent variable, and political socialization, social status, and political experiences as the independent variables. The outcomes shows that political orientation of people to one of two dominant political wings is statistically most related to political socialization and least related to social status. In the other words, social status known in social stratification does not signify the political tendencies of conservatives and reformists rather it is their political socialization that mostly counts for their political tendencies. The results show that the existing dichotomy between two wings is considered as natural and there is no place for being concerned and worried.
