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1 online resource (314 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Table; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Civil Militia and State Control; Chapter 1: The Basij: Nongovernmental Organization, Administered Mass Organization, or Militia?; Part II: The Basij and the Shaping of an Insiders' Network; Chapter 2: The History and Transformation of the Basij, 1980-2013; Chapter 3: Penetration into Society: The Organizational Structure of the Basij; Chapter 4: Mass Membership and Recruitment Training; Chapter 5: The Mass Indoctrination of Basij Members; Part III: The Basij and the Suppression of Others. |
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Chapter 6: The Basij and PropagandaChapter 7: The Basij and Moral Control; Chapter 8: The Basij and Surveillance; Chapter 9: The Basij and Political Repression; Part IV: The Basij and the Controlling of Societal Sectors; Chapter 10: The Basij and the Controlling of Families; Chapter 11: The Basij and the Controlling of Schools; Chapter 12: The Basij and the Controlling of Universities; Chapter 13: The Basij and the Controlling of the Economy; Part V: The Sociology of the Basij-Motivations and Loyalty; Chapter 14: Basij Members-Islamic Warriors or Religious Thugs? |
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Conclusion: The Emergence of a Captive SocietyAppendix: Excerpts from Official Basij Documents; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Iran's Basij Resistance Force is a paramilitary organization used by the regime to suppress dissidents, vote as a bloc, and indoctrinate Iranian citizens. Captive Society surveys the Basij's history, structure, and sociology, as well as its influence on Iranian society, its economy, and its educational system. Saied Golkar's account draws not only on published materialsincluding Basij and Revolutionary Guard publications, allied websites, and blogsbut also on his own informal communications with Basij members while studying and teaching in Iranian universities as recently as 2014. In additio. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sāzmān-i Basīj-i Mustaz̤ʻafīn.
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Sāzmān-i Basīj-i Mustaz̤ʻafīn. |
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Social control -- Iran.
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Social control. |
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Iran. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Golkar, Saeid. Captive society : the basij militia and social control in iran. Washington, District of Columbia : Woodrow Wilson Center Press, [2015] 9780231704427 (DLC) 18485448 |
| ISBN |
9780231801355 (electronic book) |
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0231801351 (electronic book) |
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9780231704427 |
| Music No. |
EB00640520 Recorded Books |
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