Rövid leírás:
In this volume, an imposing roster of both internationally renowned Iranian scholars and rising young Iranian academics offer essays – many based on recent fieldwork – on the nature and evolution of Iran’s economy, significant aspects of Iran’s changing society, and the dynamics of its domestic and international politics since the 1979 revolution, focusing particularly on the post-Khomeini period.
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Iran’s geographical location, its oil, its nuclear program, its volatile political landscape, its espousal of militant Islam, all combine to make it a key player in some of the most crucial issues of our time. But because of its relative isolation, there is a shortage of hard information about today’s Iran. In this volume, an imposing roster of both internationally renowned Iranian scholars and rising young Iranian academics offer essays – many based on recent fieldwork – on the nature and evolution of Iran’s economy, significant aspects of Iran’s changing society, and the dynamics of its domestic and international politics since the 1979 revolution, focusing particularly on the post-Khomeini period. The book will be of great interest not only to Iran specialists, but also to scholars of comparative politics, democratization, social change, politics in the Muslims world, and Middle Eastern studies.
A skillful collection of work…an excellent, thought-provoking set of papers about the challenges, perils and promises of a country undergoing dramatic changes under theocratic rule. Its engaging and erudite chapters introduce the reader to different cultural, economic, religious, and political spheres of interaction, and offer valuable lessons about the dynamics of a changing society…This stimulating work will be welcomed by historians and social theorists and by anyone interested in the contemporary history and political dynamics of Iranian society.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction – Ali Gheissari
Part One: Economy
The Oil Wealth and Economic Growth in Iran, by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
The Urban Provincial Periphery in Iran: Revolution and War in Ramhormoz, by Kaveh Ehsani
Nimble Fingers No Longer! Womens Employment in Iran, by Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani
Part Two: Society
Religion, Women, and Political Agency in Iran, by Shahla Haeri
Who Will Catch Me if I Fall? Health and the Infrastructure of Risk for Urban Young Iranians, by Pardis Mahdavi
From Punishment to Harm Reduction: Resecularization of Addiction in Contemporary Iran, by Amir-Arsalan Afkhami
Irans New Scientific Community, by Farhad Khosrokhavar
Part Three: Politics
Constitutional Implications of Current Political Debates in Iran, by Saïd Amir Arjomand
New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran, by Ali Gheissari and Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji
Ethnicity and Religious Minority Politics in Iran, by Nayereh Tohidi
Irans Regional Policies since the End of the Cold War, by Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Irans Persian Gulf Policy in the Post-Saddam Era: Transformation from Revolutionary to Status Quo Power, by Mohsen M. Milani
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