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The short-term society: a study in the problems of long-term political and economic development in Iran

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Iran was a short-term society in contrast to Europe’s long-term society. It was a society in which change - even important and fundamental change - tended to be a short-term phenomenon. And this was precisely due to the absence of an established and inviolable legal framework which would guarantee long term continuity. Over any short period of time, there could be notable military, administrative and property-owning classes, but their composition would not remain the same beyond one or two g...

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10.1080/00263200412331301867

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Antony's College
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Publisher:
Frank Cass & Co Ltd.
Journal:
Middle Eastern Studies More from this journal
Volume:
40
Issue:
1
Pages:
1-22
Publication date:
2004-01-01
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EISSN:
1743-7881
ISSN:
0026-3206
Language:
English
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2009-08-21

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