The new middle classislamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

One of the important discussions for studying political and social upheavals in different countries and regions is to pay attention to the new middle class and investigate about how they have been established and developed and also the performance of this class which naturally results in sociopolitical upheavals. In the present study, by hypothesizing that the new middle class is among forces influencing sociopolitical upheavals in Iran both before and after the Islamic Revolution, and regarding the issue of its rapid growth after the Islamic Revolution, demands for political participation on the part of this group increased in social and civil institutions. Influenced by the theory of James Bill and Bourdieu, the structure of the IRI was analyzed. What is obvious is that this class enjoys an independent identity and can affect some sociopolitical upheavals lonely and without dependency to other social classes. However, mental inputs and outputs of this class is different from those of other classes and provide the grounds such as transference of values, political socialization and threats such as non-native formation of this class with the traditional society and classes in Iran as well as expansive migration of the members of this class. The objective of the present study is to answer questions such as: what does it mean by the new middle class in Iran? What factors cause the development of the new middle class in Iran in the years after the Iraqi-Iranian War?. © 2016, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.