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Power and change in Iran : politics of contention and conciliation / edited by Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Indiana series in Middle East studiesPublisher: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (ix, 318 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0253020794
  • 9780253020796
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Power and change in Iran.DDC classification:
  • 320.955 23
LOC classification:
  • DS318.825 .P69 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction: politics of contention and conciliation in Iran's semiautocracy / Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi -- 1. Factionalism, Privatization, and the Political Economy of Regime Transformation / Payam Mohseni -- 2. Social Welfare Policies and the Dynamics of Elite and Popular Contention / Kevan Harris -- 3. Education as Public Good or Private Resource: Accommodation and Demobilization in Iran's University System / Shervin Malekzadeh -- 4. The Office of the Supreme Leader: Epicenter of a Theocracy / Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Kourosh Rahimkhani -- 5. Electoral Politics, Power, and Prospects for Reform / Yasmin Alem -- 6. The Rule of Law and Conflict in the Reform Era / Mehrangiz Kar and Azadeh Pourzand -- 7. The Green Movement and Political Change in Iran / Fatemeh Haghighatjoo -- 8. "This Government Is Neither Islamic nor a Republic": Responses to the 2009 Postelection Crackdown / Shadi Mokhtari -- Epilogue / Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: This volume provides an unparalleled and timely look at political, social, economic, and ideological dynamics in contemporary Iran. Through chapters on social welfare and privatization, university education, the role and authority of the Supreme Leader, the rule of law, the evolving electoral system, and the intense debate over human rights within and outside the regime, the contributors offer a comprehensive overview of Iranian politics. Their case studies reveal a society whose multiple vectors of contestation, negotiation, and competition are creating possibilities for transformation that are yet to be realized but whose outcome will affect the Islamic Republic, the region, and the relations with the United States. -- from back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.

Print version record.

Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction: politics of contention and conciliation in Iran's semiautocracy / Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi -- 1. Factionalism, Privatization, and the Political Economy of Regime Transformation / Payam Mohseni -- 2. Social Welfare Policies and the Dynamics of Elite and Popular Contention / Kevan Harris -- 3. Education as Public Good or Private Resource: Accommodation and Demobilization in Iran's University System / Shervin Malekzadeh -- 4. The Office of the Supreme Leader: Epicenter of a Theocracy / Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Kourosh Rahimkhani -- 5. Electoral Politics, Power, and Prospects for Reform / Yasmin Alem -- 6. The Rule of Law and Conflict in the Reform Era / Mehrangiz Kar and Azadeh Pourzand -- 7. The Green Movement and Political Change in Iran / Fatemeh Haghighatjoo -- 8. "This Government Is Neither Islamic nor a Republic": Responses to the 2009 Postelection Crackdown / Shadi Mokhtari -- Epilogue / Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

This volume provides an unparalleled and timely look at political, social, economic, and ideological dynamics in contemporary Iran. Through chapters on social welfare and privatization, university education, the role and authority of the Supreme Leader, the rule of law, the evolving electoral system, and the intense debate over human rights within and outside the regime, the contributors offer a comprehensive overview of Iranian politics. Their case studies reveal a society whose multiple vectors of contestation, negotiation, and competition are creating possibilities for transformation that are yet to be realized but whose outcome will affect the Islamic Republic, the region, and the relations with the United States. -- from back cover.

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