Politics and culture in contemporary Iran
Subtitle: challenging the status quo
By: edited by Abbas Milani ; Larry Diamond
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boulder, Colorado
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781626371460; 9781626371477
Copyright date: ©2015
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions
Description: Despite the relative calm apparent in Iran today there is unmistakable evidence of political social and cultural ferment stirring beneath the surface. The authors of Politics and Culture in Contemporary Irana"a unique group of scholars activists and artistsa"explore that unrest and its challenge to the legitimacy and stability of the present authoritarian regime. Ranging from political theory to music from human rights law to social media their contributions reveal the tenacious and continually evolving forces that are at work resisting the status quo.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: Introduction / Abbas Milani and Larry Diamond
pagenum: 1; label: 1.
title: Ayatollah Khomeini's theory of government / Arash Naraghi
pagenum: 15; label: 2.
title: Cleavages in Iranian politics since 1979 / Hossein Bashiriyeh
pagenum: 33; label: 3.
title: Democracy after the Green Movement / Mehrangiz Kar
pagenum: 69; label: 4.
title: Examining Iran's legal structure / Fatemeh Haghighatjoo
pagenum: 91; label: 5.
title: The rule of the Basij in Iranian politics / Saeid Golkar
pagenum: 115; label: 6.
title: A portrait of the Persian blogosphere / John Kelly and Bruce Etling
pagenum: 141; label: 7.
title: The role of social media : myth and reality / Mehdi Yahyanejad
pagenum: 165; label: 8.
title: The Revolution and music : a personal odyssey / Mohsen Namjoo
pagenum: 179; label: 9.
title: Iran's democratic movements / Abbas Milani
pagenum: 217; title: Epilogue: A history of postrevolutionary Iran : a prose poem / Simin Behbahani
pagenum: 259; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 271; title: The contributors
pagenum: 285; title: Index
pagenum: 287; title: About the book
pagenum: 301