SOC 386 Study Guide - Final Guide: Salaf, Mufti, Authoritarianism
19 May 2016
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State collapse, social classes get together and make alliances against the regime, etc. Emphasis on the shah"s will in the sense that he trusts his own judgement over others. Neopatrimonialism: something that centers around one person, state building, modern bureaucracy, modern army. Despite this modernization there is a personal system of authority on top (shah) and when he was sick the system fell apart. Paranoid about the army divide and rule, army under strict intelligence control, had them spy on each other, chiefs of armed forces appointed were enemies and could not get along. Suspicious of the old middle class politicians: small businessmen and craftsmen (bazaar class, the traditional middle class) were against the shah and played a prominent role in the revolution. Paid for demonstrations, gave money to khomeini: new middle class (national front) small organized representation (civil servants, schoolteachers, etc. )
