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020			_a9781108766852
020			_a9781108720298
082	0	0	_a307.1/4120955
100	1		_aLob, Eric S.,
245	1	0	_aIran's Reconstruction Jihad : _brural development and regime consolidation after 1979 / _cEric S. Lob.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_avii,398pages _billustrations; tables
505	0		_aIntroduction : Reconstruction Jihad -- Inception (1962-79) -- Expansion (11 February - 16 June 1979) -- Consolidation (1979-89) -- Demobilization and Institutionalization (1983-2001) -- Disillusionment and Mobility (1983-2001) -- Associationalism (1983-2013) -- Africa (1985-2013) -- Lebanon (1988-2013) -- Jihadi Culture and Management (2005-17) -- Conclusion : Deconstructing Reconstruction Jihad.
520			_a"Based on over one hundred and thirty interviews with government officials, revolutionary activists, war veterans, and development experts, this is the first full length study in English to examine the significant yet understudied organization and ministry, Reconstruction Jihad, as a basis for understanding the political and social changes and continuities that have transpired in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) over the last four decades. Exploring the success of the Iranian revolution, the state's development policies, its overall resilience and the conflicting dynamics of its attempts to mobilize and institutionalize activists, Iran's Reconstruction Jihad is one of the few studies that adopts an institutionalist approach toward analyzing critical aspects of the IRI's history and politics, with comparative implications for analyzing revolutionary processes and outcomes across other geographic regions and time periods"--
650		0	_aRural development
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c10658 _d10658