Politics and Culture in Contemporary Iran : : Challenging the Status Quo / / ed. by Larry Diamond, Abbas Milani.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Bashiriyeh, Hossein,; Behbahani, Simin,; Diamond, Larry,; Etling, Bruce,; Golkar, Saeid,; Haghighatjoo, Fatemeh,; Kar, Mehrangiz,; Kelly, John,; Milani, Abbas,; Namjoo, Mohsen,; Naraghi, Arash,; Yahyanejad, Mehdi,
• HerausgeberIn: Diamond, Larry ,; Milani, Abbas,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (301 p.)

Explores the political, social, and cultural ferment stirring beneath the surface in Iran as forces emerge and evolve to challenge the status quo.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Theory of Government
• 2. Cleavages in Iranian Politics Since 1979
• 3. Democracy After the Green Movement
• 4. Examining Iran’s Legal Structure
• 5. The Rule of the Basij in Iranian Politics
• 6. A Portrait of the Persian Blogosphere
• 7. The Role of Social Media: Myth and Reality
• 8. The Revolution and Music: A Personal Odyssey
• 9. Iran’s Democratic Movements
• Epilogue: A History of Postrevolutionary Iran: A Prose Poem
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book