The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles.
Iran has been changing from an isolated country with a repressive political structure to an emerging power in the region with ever increasing opportunities for civic engagement. In this era of transformation, the dialectics of movements and democratizing processes resonate more than ever.
The Constitutional Revolution in the early twentieth century paved the way for groundbreaking processes of democratization, and Iranians have since been involved in an ongoing struggle of social transformation. They have continuously replaced the old social and political structures with new orders and have functioned as active citizenry, at the forefront of various forms of struggle and transforming practices. For example, they have nationalized their oil industry, attaining one of the most remarkable revolutions of the twentieth century through their nationwide solidarity and collective action.
