Iran's Reconstruction Jihad
Rural Development and Regime Consolidation after 1979

The first full-length study to examine the significance of the critical but neglected Iranian organization and ministry, Reconstruction Jihad.

Eric Lob (Author)

9781108720298, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 June 2022

406 pages, 12 b/w illus. 16 tables
22.8 x 15.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.6 kg

Based on over one hundred and thirty interviews with government officials, revolutionary activists, war veterans, and development experts, this is the first full length study in English to examine the significant yet understudied organization and ministry, Reconstruction Jihad, as a basis for understanding the political and social changes and continuities that have transpired in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) over the last four decades. Exploring the success of the Iranian revolution, the state's development policies, its overall resilience and the conflicting dynamics of its attempts to mobilize and institutionalize activists, Iran's Reconstruction Jihad is one of the few studies that adopts an institutionalist approach toward analyzing critical aspects of the IRI's history and politics, with comparative implications for analyzing revolutionary processes and outcomes across other geographic regions and time periods.

Introduction: Reconstruction Jihad
1. Inception (1962–79)
2. Expansion (11 February–16 June 1979)
3. Consolidation (1979–89)
4. Demobilization and institutionalization (1983–2001)
5. Disillusionment and mobility (1983–2001)
6. Associationalism (1983–2013)
7. Africa (1985–2013)
8. Lebanon (1988–2013)
9. Jihadi culture and management (2005–17)
Conclusion: Deconstructing Reconstruction Jihad.

Subject Areas: Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]