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Navigating contemporary Iran : challenging economic, social and political perceptions / edited by Eric Hooglund and Leif Stenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 21.
- Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iran--Social conditions--1997-.
- Iran.
- Social conditions.
- Iran--Politics and government--1997-.
- Politics and government.
- Iran--Economic conditions--1997-.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Summary:
- This detailed examination of contemporary Iran addresses the most important current social, political, and economic issues facing the nation and the way it is perceived by the outside world. The volume brings together some of the most important scholars and researchers in the field, working in such diverse disciplines as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, philosophy, political science, and sociology, to offer a broad range of perspectives on the significance of three decades of changes for Iran's current and near-term-future domestic and international politics. Drawing upon a wealth of original field research, the authors challenge conventional wisdom and simplistic media stereotypes about the Islamic Republic. The chapters reach beyond traditional images of the country to show that, as a consequence of thirty years of economic and social changes, the reality, or --essence--, of contemporary Iran is more complex and nuanced than is often portrayed in the international media. Offering valuable insights into Iran's economic and social policies, as well as its politics, since the Islamic Revolution, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, and Iranian studies.
- Contents:
- Introduction : what is Iran's essence? / Eric Hooglund and Leif Stenberg
- Ideals, interests, and economic liberalization in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Evaleila Pesaran
- Placement modes of the economy in post
- revolutionary Iranian society / Mohammad Maljoo
- Gender transformation in Iran : thirty years and thirty revolutions / Roksana Bahramitash
- Double agency : women's political participation in post-revolutionary Iran / Fatemeh Sadeghi
- The one million signatures campaign and its impact on legislators and legislative policy in Iran / Fatemeh Haghighatjoo
- Discourses of nationalism, modernization, and gender in 20th century Iran / Rouzbeh Parsi
- Gender, ethnicity and identity : surrender without consent among Baluchi women in changing contexts / Azadeh Kian
- Changing drug policies institutionalizing a new social order / Janne Bjerre Christensen
- The post-election protests : reflections from a country in transition / Jaleh Taheri
- The green movement / Farhad Khosrokhavar
- Iran's influence : a religio-political state in its region and in the world / Elaheh Rostami-Povey
- Decoding Ahmadinejad's rhetoric on Israel / Eric Hooglund.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415678667
- 0415678668
- 9780203136911
- 0203136918
- OCLC:
- 703208715
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