This book is an authoritative account of rural development in Iran, spanning sixty years and two distinct political regimes.
Professor Mostafa Azkia has spent many decades demonstrating the importance of participatory rural development, not only in addressing rural problems, but also in reducing urban concerns, such as unemployment and overpopulation. This book is the culmination of this work, bringing together a detailed analysis of the theories, history, and strategies of rural and state development in Iran both before and after the Islamic revolution. Putting rural communities at the fore, the book demonstrates that there has been significant progress in reducing the rural-urban gap, both in terms of income and standards of living, resulting in a more equal path of socio-economic development for Iran.
This comprehensive assessment from Irans foremost rural sociologist will be an important read for researchers and professionals working on rural development and sociology in the Middle East.
This book is an authoritative account of rural development in Iran, spanning sixty years and two distinct political regimes. This comprehensive assessment from Irans foremost rural sociologist will be an important read for researchers and professionals working on rural development and sociology in the Middle East.
Chapter 1: Conceptual and Theoretical Dimensions of Rural Development
Chapter 2: Analytical Review of Rural Studies in Iran
Chapter 3: Socio-
Demographic Changes in Rural Iran
Chapter 4: Patterns of Rural Settlement and
its Changes
Chapter 5: Rural Social Structure and Land Reform Before and
After Revolution
Chapter 6: Rural Development and Social Stratification
Chapter 7: Political Structure and Rural Development
Chapter 8: The State and
Social Participation
Chapter 9: Land Exploitation Systems, and Climate
Changes on Agriculture
Chapter 10: Rural Development in Developmental Plans
Before and After Revolution
Chapter 11: Final Words
Mostafa Azkia is a professor of rural sociology and rural development in the Department of Development Studies, University of Tehran. Dr Azkia has retired after 40 years of teaching sociology at the University of Tehran and other Iranian colleges. Also being a respected mentor and teacher, he is also Irans leading sociologist and a scholar who has been conducting field research in villages throughout Iran for more than 50 years. He was the Ex-Director of the Institute for Social Studies and Research at the University of Tehran for many years. He is also Director of the Iranian Sociological Review journal at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University. Professor Azkia is a member of the International Editorial Advisory Board, Middle East Critique.
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