Iran has one of the highest rates of road traffic accidents worldwide and according to a recent UNICEF report, the current rate of road accidents in Iran is 20 times more than the world average. Using extensive interviews with a variety of Iranians from a range of backgrounds, this book explores their dangerous driving habits and the explanations for their disregard for traffic laws. It argues that Iranians' driving behaviour is an indicator of how they have historically related to each other and to their society at large, and how they have maintained a form of social order through law, culture and religion. By considering how ordinary Iranians experience the traffic problem in their cities and how they describe traffic rules, laws, authorities and the rights of other citizens, Driving Culture in Iran provides an original and valuable insight into Iranian legal, social and political culture.
By:
Reza Banakar
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 501g
ISBN: 9781784534486
ISBN 10: 178453448X
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 18 December 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1: Introduction: Doing Social Research in Iran. Reza Banakar Chapter 2: Estebd?d: Pilot Study in Shiraz and Tehran. Reza Banakar and Shahrad Narrulahi Fard Chapter 3: The Power of Education: Interviews with Male Taxi Drivers. Reza Banakar and Shahrad Narrulahi Fard Chapter 4: The Role of Trust: Interviews with Lawyers. Reza Banakar Chapter 5: A Class Ridden Society: Interviews with Other Professionals. Reza Banakar Chapter 6: Gender, Sexuality and Dominance: Interviews with Female Taxi Drivers. Reza Banakar and Behnoosh Payvar Chapter 7: Iranian Culture: Reflections on Individualism and Community. Reza Banakar and Zara Saeidzadeh Chapter 8: Iranian Legal Culture: Law, Gender and Class Divisions. Reza Banakar Chapter 9: Reproduction of Meaning and Women’s Autonomy. Behnoosh Payvar Chapter 10: The Iranian Legal System. Shahrad Narrulahi Fard
Reza Banakar is Professor and Director of Research in the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. He has previously held the positions of Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the Department of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of Westminster and Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Normativity in Legal Sociology (2015) and Law and Social Theory (2010, 2013).
