Evaluation of the Accelerating Factor in the Iranian Oil Nationalization Movement Based on Neil Smelser’s Reform Theory

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Abbas  Naeemi Jourshari ¹ (Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran)
Mansour  Vosoughi ² (Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran)
Alireza  Kaldi ³ (Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2017-02-25 Accepted : 2017-02-25 Published : 2016-12-01

Keywords: Oil National Movement, accelerating factor, Iranian National Front, Parliament election, Neil Smelser,

Abstract :

The main objective of this article is to identify and evaluate the accelerating factor in the Iranian oil nationalization movement. The main question is: what was the accelerating factor that put the Iranian oil nationalization movement into practice? The article relies on the reform movement theory of Neil Smelser. Forthis purpose, fraud in the 16thnational election of the parliament, and establishment of Iranian National Front inobjection to it, are studied as the accelerating factors to the Iranian national movement. Research methodologyin this study is historical and referential type and the data has been collected through library studies.