"There are surprisingly few books, on any society, which attempt to do what this book does: chart the trajectory of changes in class structures over time. . . . Of interest not just to specialists but to sociologists interested in social stratification and social change."
—Erik Olin Wright, author of Class Counts: Comparative Studies in Class Analysis

What has happened to the social hierarchy of work in post-revolutionary Iran? Did the revolution matter?

This book probes these fundamental questions in a richly detailed examination of the effects of revolution, Islamic populism, protracted war, and economic crisis on the class nature of the workforce in Iran. In the past twenty-five years Iran has experienced a revolution and a turbulent post-revolutionary period under an Islamic state that declared itself the government of the oppressed while it struggled to establish a utopian Islamic economy. In this pioneering work Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad provide a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of change and class configuration in Iranian society. Using a theoretical framework, they map the trajectory of class changes over time, specifically noting the movements between pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary Iran. The authors provide a fresh look into Iranian society by exploring the changes in its essential underlying economic structure.

• A centerpiece of the book is its analysis of the changes in the pattern of employment of women in the post revolutionary period.
• Lays the foundation for comparative studies of social hierarchy of labor in other Middle Eastern countries.
• First comprehensive empirical study of the social hierarchy of labor in Iran.
• Written in a clear and lucid style, making it accessible to a wide audience of non-economists.

Farhad Nomani is professor and co-chair of the Department of Economics, The American University of Paris. He is the coeditor of Islam and Public Policy, co-author of Islamic Economic Systems, coauthor of The Secular Miracle: Religion, Politics, and Economic Policy in Iran, and author of The Development of Feudalism in Iran.

Sohrab Behdad is professor and John E. Harris Chair in Economics, Denison University. He is the coeditor of Islam and Public Policy, and Iran: Crisis of Islamic State. He has published numerous articles on the post-revolutionary economy of Iran and Islamic economics.

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