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100 1 _aRieffer-Flanagan, Barbara Ann J.
245 1 0 _aEvolving Iran :
_ban introduction to politics and problems in the Islamic republic /
_cBarbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan.
264 1 _aWashington, DC :
_bGeorgetown University Press,
_c[2013]
300 _axii, 259 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
505 _a 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.
520 _aEvolving 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.
650 0 _aHuman rights
_zIran
_xHistory.
651 0 _aIran
_xPolitics and government
_y1979-1997.
651 0 _aIran
_xPolitics and government
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651 0 _aIran
_xEconomic policy
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