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Iran's struggle for economic independence : reform and counter-reform in the post-revolutionary era / Evaleila Pesaran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pesaran, Evaleila.
- Series:
- Routledge political economy of the Middle East and North Africa series.
- The Routledge political economy of the Middle East and North Africa series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Investments, Foreign--Iran.
- Investments, Foreign.
- Iran--Economic conditions--1979-1997.
- Iran.
- Iran--Economic conditions--1997-.
- Iran--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is often assumed that Iran must necessarily submit to the forces of globalization and liberalize its economy, but the country's ruling elites have continued throughout the post-revolutionary era to resist these pressures for neo-liberal economic reform, seeking to survive in the battlefield of today's globalizing economy whilst remaining loyal to their own rules of engagement. This book analyzes the dynamics of economic reform in the Islamic Republic of Iran as they have played out in this post-revolutionary struggle for economic independence from 1979 up to the present day. It shows how
- Contents:
- Iran's Struggle for Economic Independence Reform and counter-reform in the post-revolutionary era; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Note on transliteration; Introduction; 1 Reform and counter-reform: the theoretical framework; 2 Tracing the desire for economic independence; 3 Consolidating the post-revolutionary economic system; 4 Redefining revolutionary goals; 5 Moving toward reform; 6 Resurrecting the Revolution; 7 Negotiating the path of counter-reform; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-73556-9
- 1-283-24176-5
- 9786613241764
- 1-136-73557-7
- 0-203-81835-0
- 9780203818350
- OCLC:
- 727133372
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