The Revolutionary Period and the People's Government: A Reflection on the Relations between the State and Society in the First Decade of the Revolution (1978-1988)

Panahinasab, Sadegh

The Revolutionary Period and the People's Government: A Reflection on the Relations between the State and Society in the First Decade of the Revolution (1978-1988)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

sadegh panahinasab

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.

Abstract

The Islamic Revolution, which was actually the transition from the Pahlavi government to the Islamic Republic of Iran, is the first unique experience that led to the formation of an Islamic political system and the connection between the state and society. The purpose of this study is to reflect on the relations between the state and society in the first decade of the revolution, using a descriptive-analytical research method and based on library resources, seeking to answer the question of how the institutions that were formed during the revolutionary period were effective in reproducing the relationship between the state and society. Accordingly, three support, service, and health institutions (Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, Jihad-e-Sazandagi, and Health Houses) and two areas of political and military participation (elections and sacred defense) were scrutinized and examined. Findings: The institutions mentioned were born of the revolutionary discourse, and since the government considered itself to be based on the collective will of the people, it sought to determine its relationship with society. The government sought to strengthen the relationship between itself and society in several dimensions and to give them a concrete expression. Since the social base of the government was in the lower classes of society and marginal areas, it created a significant part of these institutions with the aim of strengthening this class. Although the purpose of forming these institutions by the government was to implement a top-down relationship in order to create a coherent and sustainable relationship with society in the first decade of the revolution. However, the elections and the sacred defense that were completed with the presence of the society were bottom-up and arose from the social issue in order to link it with the construction of power..

Keywords

revolutionary period

government

society

lower classes

Revolutionary institutions

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