{"product_id":"capitalism-in-contemporary-iran-capital-accumulation-state-formation-and-geopolitics-9781526161789","title":"Capitalism in Contemporary Iran: Capital","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book traces the patterns of capital accumulation and the changes in class and state formation emanating from it in Iran during the global neoliberal era. It demonstrates how there are inner connections between the nature of contemporary development in Iran, the form of the state, the ongoing sociopolitical transformations in society and the geopolitical tensions with the West. Simultaneously, it highlights that these issues should be explored in terms of their internal relations to the motions and tendencies of neoliberal global capitalism and resulting geopolitics. Accordingly, the book demonstrates that Iranian neoliberalisation has brought about new contested class dynamics that have fundamentally reconstructed the Iranian ruling class, aggressively shaped and reshaped the working class and the poor, and drastically impacted the state form and its foreign policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a powerful and highly original account of Iran’s political economy. Unlike so much analysis and commentary on Iran, Valadbaygi carefully situates processes of domestic class formation and the country’s deep social antagonisms within the development of the wider capitalist world market. This deeply insightful re-telling of Iran’s history - stretching from the 1979 revolution through to the recent ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ revolts - is a must-read for understanding Iran’s place in the current global order, as well as the country’s ongoing and fractious political struggles.' Adam Hanieh, University of Exeter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Capitalism in contemporary Iran\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original account of the modern Iran that rethinks its complex development and revolutionary ruptures through the wider dynamics of global capitalism and its geopolitical sinews. The first book-length application of the \u003ci\u003ephilosophy of internal relations\u003c\/i\u003e to capitalist development in Iran, \u003ci\u003eCapitalism in contemporary Iran\u003c\/i\u003e synthesises the global and the local to rethink Iran beyond exceptionalism and culturalism through the intersection of social classes, the state, and global capitalism. \u003ci\u003eCapitalism in contemporary Iran \u003c\/i\u003eis a must read for academics, students and political practitioners alike.' Kamran Matin, University of Sussex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With \u003ci\u003eCapitalism in Contemporary Iran\u003c\/i\u003e Kayhan Valadbaygi delivers the most influential single book on the making of contemporary Iran and therefore the most valuable in helping us to understand the geopolitics of our times.' Adam David Morton (University of Sydney), co-author with Andreas Bieler of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book successfully situates Iran in the global history and historical sociology of capitalism. A must-read for anyone interested in Iran.' Ayse Zarakol, University of Cambridge\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Framing Iran: A historical materialist approach\u003cbr\u003e2 Modern Iran from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana: The emergence and consolidation of capitalism\u003cbr\u003e3 1979 revolution and war with Iraq: The expansion of state capitalism\u003cbr\u003e4 Neoliberalisation and the ruling class reconfiguration (1989–2013)\u003cbr\u003e5 Neoliberalisation and the institutional and ideological reconstitution of the state\u003cbr\u003e6 Class struggles in neoliberal Iran: From workers' resistance in the 1990s to the post-2017 uprisings \u003cbr\u003e7 Neoliberalism and geopolitics: The Iranian nuclear programme, international sanctions and regional policy\u003cbr\u003e8 Conclusion: Future paths under the crisis of neoliberalism, the changing global order and revolts from below\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041026769239,"sku":"9781526161789","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/capitalism-in-contemporary-iran-capital-accumulation-state-formation-and-geopolitics-9781526161789","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}