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} }
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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