Contents

• Theoretical perspectives
• The land tenure system in Iran : a historical review
• Why did feudalism not grow in Iran?
• Why did capitalism not grow in Iran?
• The imposed capitalism: modernization project
• The socioeconomic effects of the land reform in Iran (1961- 1981)
• Theories and causes of land reform
• The conditions prior to the land reform
• The land reform law
• The land reform in practice
• The economic, social, and political consequences of the land reform
• The land question after the 1979 revolution