Essays about: "Reza Shah"

Found 2 essays containing the words Reza Shah.

1. 1. Imagining a Revolutionary Iran: National Narratives in the Revolutionary Discourse of the Mojahedin-e Khalq

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

   Author : James Root; [2019]
   Keywords : revolutionary Islam; narrative; culture; Mojahedin-e Khalq; Iran; Social Sciences; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Skocpol’s States and Social Revolutions, first published in 1979, was a hugely influential book encapsulating what has become known as the “Third Generation” of theories of revolution. In it, she argues that “revolutions are not made, they come” (Skocpol, 1979, 17), insisting that structural factors such as pre-revolutionary social structure and state breakdown were primarily responsible for the outbreak of revolutions. READ MORE

3. 2. Made in West - A Study of the West's Role in the Iranian Revolution 1979

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Arvin Khoshnood; [2007]
   Keywords : Iranian Revolution; Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi; National Security; Neorealism; Motive analyzes; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Did the West - USA, UK, France and West-Germany - overthrow the Shah of Iran year 1979? Many Iranians believe so. Therefore the purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of the West in the Iranian revolution. READ MORE