Made in West - A Study of the West's Role in the Iranian Revolution 1979
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Did the West - USA, UK, France and West-Germany - overthrow the Shah of Iran year 1979? Many Iranians believe so. Therefore the purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of the West in the Iranian revolution. The question which will be answered is: what are the motives that talk for respectively against the statement that the West overthrew the Shah of Iran?
The method used is motive analyzes which analyzes the motives for and against the statement above. Neorealism, which claims that states are the main actors in international relations and for them the survival is everything, is used as a theory.
The motives which have been analyzed in favor of the statement is that the Shah controlled the Persian Gulf oil, flirted with the Soviet... (More) - Did the West - USA, UK, France and West-Germany - overthrow the Shah of Iran year 1979? Many Iranians believe so. Therefore the purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of the West in the Iranian revolution. The question which will be answered is: what are the motives that talk for respectively against the statement that the West overthrew the Shah of Iran?
The method used is motive analyzes which analyzes the motives for and against the statement above. Neorealism, which claims that states are the main actors in international relations and for them the survival is everything, is used as a theory.
The motives which have been analyzed in favor of the statement is that the Shah controlled the Persian Gulf oil, flirted with the Soviet Union, industrialized Iran and increased Iran's influence in the world, something which scared the West.
The motives against the statement are that the Shah was a friend of the West, stopped the influence of the Soviet Union in the Middle East, was important for Israel's security and that instability in Iran would increase the oil prices.
The conclusion is that the Shah was a threat against the security of West and therefore the West overthrew him in order to decrease Iran's power. (Less)
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- author
- Khoshnood, Arvin
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Iranian Revolution, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, National Security, Neorealism, Motive analyzes, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1321562
- date added to LUP
- 2007-06-28 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2007-06-28 00:00:00
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abstract = {{Did the West - USA, UK, France and West-Germany - overthrow the Shah of Iran year 1979? Many Iranians believe so. Therefore the purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of the West in the Iranian revolution. The question which will be answered is: what are the motives that talk for respectively against the statement that the West overthrew the Shah of Iran?
The method used is motive analyzes which analyzes the motives for and against the statement above. Neorealism, which claims that states are the main actors in international relations and for them the survival is everything, is used as a theory.
The motives which have been analyzed in favor of the statement is that the Shah controlled the Persian Gulf oil, flirted with the Soviet Union, industrialized Iran and increased Iran's influence in the world, something which scared the West.
The motives against the statement are that the Shah was a friend of the West, stopped the influence of the Soviet Union in the Middle East, was important for Israel's security and that instability in Iran would increase the oil prices.
The conclusion is that the Shah was a threat against the security of West and therefore the West overthrew him in order to decrease Iran's power.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Made in West - A Study of the West's Role in the Iranian Revolution 1979}},
year = {{2007}},
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