• DOI:10.1007/BF00158262
Corpus ID: 144151974

Ideology, culture, and ambiguity: The revolutionary process in Iran

@article{Burns1996IdeologyCA,
  title={Ideology, culture, and ambiguity: The revolutionary process in Iran},
  author={G. Burns},
  journal={Theory and Society},
  year={1996},
  volume={25},
  pages={349-388}
}

G. Burns

Published 1996

Economics

Theory and Society

ConclusionTo varying degrees, polysemous appeals are a feature of nearly all political coalitions and negotiations. But they are especially important in revolutions in which mass protests accompany a sudden collapse and elimination of the old regime state. In such a situation, it is not the case that a few coalition planks are ambiguous in an otherwise institution-alized political structure; instead, even the main outlines of how politics will operate in a new regime is undetermined. Given the… CONTINUE READING

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