Contents
List of Tables and Figures / vii
Acknowledgements / viii
Foreword / IX
Introduction: Crisis of an Islamic State / 1
Part I Ideological and Historical Perspectives
1. From the White Revolution to the Islamic Revolution, Ahmad Ashraf / 21
2. State, Political Stability and Property Rights, Fatemeh E. Moghadam / 45
3. Competing Shi'i Subsystems in Contemporary Iran,
Ali Rahnema and Farhad Nomani / 45
Part II State and Economy
4. The Post-Revolutionary Economic Crisis, Sohrah Behdad / 97
5. Continuity and Change in Industrial Policy, Saeed Rahnema / 129
6. The Oil Sector after the Revolution, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani / 150
7. The Political Economy of Foreign Exchange Reform, Hossein Farlin / 174
Part III Social Policy and State Legitimacy
8. Regime Legitimacy and High-school Textbooks, Sussan Siavoshi / 203
9. Health Policy and Medical Education, Asghar Rastegar / 218
10. The Politics of Nationality and Ethnic Diversity,
Shahzad Mojab and Amir Hassanpour / 229
11. Public Life and Women’s Resistance, Haideb Moghissi / 251
Appendix / 268
Bibliography / 269
Notes on the Contributors / 280
Index / 282
List of Tables and Figures
Table 4.1 Value-added Index in Major Economic Activities 1977-1992 / 102
Table 4.2 Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation (Investment) 1977—1992 / 104
Table 4.3 Balance of Payments 1977—1992 / 110
Table 4.4 A Profile of Changes 1965—1991 / 114
Table 5.1 Value-added of ‘Large’ Industrial Units According to
Activity for Selected Years / 132
Figure 5.1 Share of Main Activities in Total Value-added in Manufacturing / 133
Figure 5.2 Total Production Index of Heavy and Light Industries 1978-1988 / 140
Table 6.1 Iran’s Oil Reserves / 153
Table 6.2 Production and Consumption of Natural Gas / 157
Figure 6.1 Prices of Refined Products / 162
Figure 6.2 Real Prices of Refined Products / 163
Figure 7.1 Exchange-Rate Movements / 190
Table 7.1 Trends in Exchange Rates, June 1992—February 1994 / 191
Table 9.1 Health Status of the Population Before the Revolution: Selected Statistics / 219
Table 9.2 Trends in Health-care Resources in Iran 1978-1992 / 220
Table 9.3 Trends in Educational Workforce and Resources in Health Care / 221
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