scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution

A comparative study of the four components of modernization, revolutionary classes, economic development and violence in the Iranian Islamic Revolution and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

nader parvin 1
farhad parvaneh 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Ilam University of Medical Sciences.

2 a

Abstract
The 1357 revolution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the January 2011 revolution in Egypt are two of these revolutions that can be analyzed from different angles..From this point of view, the aim of the current research is the comparative study of the components of modernization, revolutionary classes, the relationship between economic and social development with political development, violence and repression in the two Islamic revolutions of Iran and Egypt, based on Huntington's theory of unbalanced development.

The findings of the research indicate that the theory of unbalanced development is unable to explain all the influential factors and components in the Islamic Revolution and Egypt. In this way, it is possible to explain the lack of coordination and balance between the development of social and economic developments with the political institution and the inability to create political participation and attract elites and middle classes in the political structure in both revolutions in the framework of this theory.There is a fundamental difference between the Iranian Islamic Revolution and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution; The Islamic revolution was to restore Shiite identity and culture in opposition to modernity, but the 2011 Egyptian revolution occurred to improve the economic livelihood, political participation and to some extent inclined to secularism.

Keywords

Iranian Islamic Revolution, Egyptian Revolution, Huntington'
s unbalanced development, comparative study
scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution
Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 25
Spring 2026
Pages 103-123

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