Download or read book Revolution and Reform in Russia and Iran written by Ghoncheh Tazmini and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Revolution and modernisation : the theoretical context -- 2. Historical patterns of modernisation from above -- 3. Modernising Romanov Russia and Pahlavi Iran -- 4. Preserving the Russian autocrat and the Iranian despot -- 5. The revolutionary movement and moment -- 6. Post-revolutionary modernisation : alternative modernities -- 7. Transcending the modernisation dilemma -- 8. Conclusion.