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Evolving Iran : an introduction to politics and problems in the Islamic republic / Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]Description: xii, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781589019782 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 955.05 23
LOC classification:
  • DS 318.8 R553e 2013
Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Glossary; 1 Introduction: The Incomplete Revolution; Part I: The Past; 2 Pahlavi Power and the Alienation of the Masses; 3 The Islamic Revolution and the Birth of a New Political System; Part II: The Present Political Regime; 4 Elections in Iran: Predicting Iranian Politics; 5 Pressuring the Islamic Republic to Promote Human Rights; 6 Assessing Iranian Foreign Policy since the Revolution: Islamic Realpolitik; 7 Economic Policies in the Midst of Ideological Infighting; Part III. The Future. 8 Conclusion: Emancipating Iranian PoliticsBibliography; Index.
Summary: Evolving Iran presents an overview of how the politics and policy decisions in the Islamic Republic of Iran have developed since the 1979 revolution and how they are likely to evolve in the near future. Despite the fact that the revolution ushered in a theocracy, its political system has largely tended to prioritize self-interest and pragmatism over theology and religious values, while continuing to reinvent itself in the face of internal and international threats. The author also examines the prospects for democratization in Iran. Since the early years of the twentieth century, Iranians have.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) DS 318.8 R553e 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000132553

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Glossary; 1 Introduction: The Incomplete Revolution; Part I: The Past; 2 Pahlavi Power and the Alienation of the Masses; 3 The Islamic Revolution and the Birth of a New Political System; Part II: The Present Political Regime; 4 Elections in Iran: Predicting Iranian Politics; 5 Pressuring the Islamic Republic to Promote Human Rights; 6 Assessing Iranian Foreign Policy since the Revolution: Islamic Realpolitik; 7 Economic Policies in the Midst of Ideological Infighting; Part III. The Future. 8 Conclusion: Emancipating Iranian PoliticsBibliography; Index.

Evolving Iran presents an overview of how the politics and policy decisions in the Islamic Republic of Iran have developed since the 1979 revolution and how they are likely to evolve in the near future. Despite the fact that the revolution ushered in a theocracy, its political system has largely tended to prioritize self-interest and pragmatism over theology and religious values, while continuing to reinvent itself in the face of internal and international threats. The author also examines the prospects for democratization in Iran. Since the early years of the twentieth century, Iranians have.

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