Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2022, , Pages 119-150
Abstract
Examining the role of social forces in political developments is one of the important and basic issues in political sociology. Social classes are among the distinct social forces that ...
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Examining the role of social forces in political developments is one of the important and basic issues in political sociology. Social classes are among the distinct social forces that play a role in analyzing the performance of socio-political groups. Among the divisions of social classes, the role of the middle class in Iran's political and social developments has always been considered. This article, which is a descriptive-analytical research, has been written with the aim of explaining the role, position, structure and status of the traditional and new middle class in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Why is the middle class heterogeneous in Iran and what is the role, structure and status of the traditional and new middle class in the developments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially from 1997 to 2013? It constitutes the most important question of the present research. Overall, the results of the research show that the traditional and new middle class strata are increasing their role and influence on the political and social developments in the Islamic Republic, but it seems that as we move away from the beginning of the revolution, we see an increase in the role of the new middle class and a decrease We are the traditional middle class role.
Addressing the issue of the new middle class as one of the main influential groups in the contemporary period of Iranian history, especially in the last four decades, is of various ...
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Addressing the issue of the new middle class as one of the main influential groups in the contemporary period of Iranian history, especially in the last four decades, is of various dimensions. One of these dimensions that has and will have a great impact on the understanding of the Islamic Revolution is the developments, characteristics and political challenges of the new middle class in the Islamic Republic. What political developments has the emergence and existence of a new middle class in the Islamic Republic of Iran gone through and what challenges does it pose to the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The main question of this article is. Methodologically, it is a descriptive-analytical study that has been used as a library method to collect information. The results show that the emergence of a new middle class in Iran and its developments has faced the Islamic Republic with challenges such as the fluidity of political demands and tendencies, discourse conflict with the traditional middle class, multiple political demands and good governance.
