ABSTRACT

CONTENTS 33.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 564 33.2 Th e Political and Socioeconomic Environments ................................................ 564 33.3 Th e Power Position of MARD ...........................................................................565 33.4 Reforms of the 1960s and MARD .....................................................................565 34.4.1 Th e Politics of Reforms ....................................................................... 566 33.5 Achievements and Failures of MARD ................................................................567 33.6 Management of Change, Development, and System

Maintenance/Enhancement ...............................................................................567 33.7 Bureaucracy and the Revolution ........................................................................ 568 33.7.1 Regime Challenging ............................................................................ 569 33.7.2 Th e Revolution of 1978-1979 ............................................................. 569 33.7.3 Organizational/Structural Changes .....................................................570 33.7.3.1 Status Quo (1979) ................................................................570 33.7.3.2 Debureaucratization (1979-1982) ........................................570 33.7.3.3 Rebureaucratization .............................................................571 33.7.4 Agrarian and Rural Policy ....................................................................572