Civil Society and Democracy in Iran

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo - Contributions by Payam Akhavan; Sohrab Behdad; Mehrzad Boroujerdi; Yousefi Eshkevari; Akbar Ganji; Nader Hashemi; Farhad Khosrokhavar; Amin Reza Koohestani; Mojtaba Mahdavi; Omid Memarian; Haideh Moghissi; Farhad Nomani; Saee Klappentext The book is focused on the work of Iranian civil society and the process of democratization in Iran. All contributors in this volume develop and discuss these issues with an eye on the political evolution of today's ran. The book will of a great interest to students, specialists and researchers in different fields such as comparative politics, international affairs, Iranian studies and Middle Eastern studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Theorizing Civil Society in IranChapter 1: Civil Society in Iran: The Story of a Century-Long StruggleChapter 2: Theorizing Civil Society in Contemporary IranChapter 3: The Green Movement in Iran: Democratization and Secularization from BelowChapter 4: The Civil Society Approach to Democratization in Iran: The Case for Bringing it Back in, Carefully Part II: Islam, Secularism, and Efforts for DemocratizationChapter 5: Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in IranChapter 6: Religious Life in a Secular StateChapter 7: Humble SecularismChapter 8: What is our Problem?Part III: Gender and PoliticsChapter 9: Green Women of IranChapter 10: A Feminist Agenda for the Iranian Constitution: Gender at the Intersection of Disputed IdentitiesChapter 11: The Other Side of the Quest for Democracy in IranChapter 12: Women and the Women's Movement in Post-elections: Double Females? Part IV: Identity and Group RightsChapter 13: The Baha'i Community, Human Rights, and the Construction of a New Iranian Identity         Chapter 14: Democracy, Civil Society, and the Iranian Working Class: The Struggle for Independent Labor OrganizationsChapter 15: Labour Organizing in Iran: Lessons of the 1979 RevolutionChapter 16: A Confident GenerationIndex About the Editor and Contributors...

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• Authors: Ramin (EDT) Jahanbegloo
• Assisted by: Ramin Jahanbegloo (Editor), Jahanbegloo Ramin (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.2011
• EAN: 9780739165454
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6545-4
• No. of pages: 303
• Series: Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory; Global Encounters: Studies in; Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory; Global Encounters: Studies in
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Iran, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, Political science & theory, Middle Eastern history, Political science and theory, Constitution: government & the state, Political ideologies and movements, Constitution: government and the state