خلاصة:
This article has analyzed and explained the social movements of 1376-1402 from the perspective of political sociology. In this article, regarding the social and political developments of the years after the Iran-Iraq war, it has been shown that the social movements of these years can be analyzed according to the class analysis inspired by Eric Olin Wright's theory, moving from the "reform movement" to "democracy Street", and showed that the main carriers of these social movements were the "middle class" at first, yet gradually included the "poor middle class". In this research, the comparative-historical analysis method (a type of narrative analysis) has been used, in which, by identifying critical junctures, the role of political entrepreneur in relation to the existing political structure is analyzed to understand the nature of post-revolutionary social movements in Iran. According to the results of this article, it should be said that street democracy is the opposite of the reform movement for the following reasons: they are 1) action-oriented, 2) pragmatic, 3) without leadership, 4) lacking in organization, 5) focused on the hardships of daily life and 6) event-oriented. In addition, it should be mentioned that the main goal of the "reform movement" was political justice, but the main goal of "street democracy" is social justice and seeks to reduce "inequality" and "corruption" and increase "social capital".
ملخص الجهاز:
From the Reform Movement to Street Democracy: A Class Analysis of Post-Revolutionary Social Movements in Iran 1 Nima Shojaei (Received date: 2023/11/02, Acceptance date: 2024/03/07 Abstract From the perspective of political sociology, this article examines and explains the social movements of the years 1997-2023.
In this article, regarding the social and political transformations of the years following the Iran-Iraq war, it is shown that the social movements of these years can be named, based on a class analysis inspired by Erik Allin Wright's theory, as a movement from the "Reform Movement" toward "Street Democracy," and it demonstrates that the primary carriers of these social movements were initially the "middle class" and gradually came to include the "poor middle class.
" In this research, a comparative-historical analysis method (of the narrative analysis type) has been used, in which, by identifying historical turning points, the role of political actors in relation to the existing political structure is analyzed to understand the nature of post-revolutionary social movements in Iran.
Mohammad Khatami's victory in the 1997 presidential election provided new conditions for the growth of "democratic institutions" in Iran (Shojaei, 2022: 305), the result of which was the expansion of social movements demanding "political justice" in Iran's post-revolutionary society.
This "impoverished middle class," in coalition with the "poor class," basically utilizes different forms of protest and resistance to establish its demands, which can be named "street democracy"; which is essentially a response to the paradox of the weakness "of state legitimacy" and the impossibility of "political participation"; this paradox reached its peak in the "Woman, Life, Freedom" social movement.
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