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ID169253
Title ProperReformism, Economic Liberalization and Popular Mobilization in Iran
LanguageENG
AuthorPovey, Tara
Summary / Abstract (Note)Whereas in other MENA countries the impact of neo-liberal policies has been the subject of intense debate, there are at present few voices that directly analyze or critique its social and political consequences in Iran. This article seeks to address this lacuna by analyzing the dynamics of reformism, economic liberalization and popular mobilization in Iran. It charts the country’s move from a post-revolutionary populism to a liberalized yet increasingly exclusivist model of politics and compares this to trajectories of economic liberalization in Egypt. Two distinct outcomes of economic reform are analyzed in the first part of the article: Socioeconomic exclusion; and the contraction of political rights. In the second half, I investigate the ways successive postwar governments in Iran have packaged neoliberal reforms, and how their reimagining of the role of the state has led to differing levels of popular resistance. Finally I argue that under the present administration, political elites increasingly are oriented toward strengthening the state and seeking to limit opposition to their policies. However, the absence of neoliberal hegemony in Iran means that growing mobilization on socioeconomic issues is challenging these policies. The Right in Iranian politics is utilizing this mobilization to present a populist challenge to the reformists in power.
`In' analytical NoteMiddle East Critique Vol. 28, No.4; 2019: p.365-380
Journal SourceMiddle East Critique Vol: 28 No 4
Key WordsPolitics ;  IRA ;  Neoliberalism ;  Popular Mobilization ;  Reformism


 
 
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