Revolution and Reform in Russia and Iran - Modernisation and Politics in Revolutionary States

Informationen zum Autor Ghoncheh Tazmini is an Iranian-born independent political scientist and consultant who has collaborated with research institutes in Europe and Iran. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury! and is the author of Khatami's Iran: The Islamic Republic and the Turbulent Path to Reform (I.B.Tauris! 2009). This book is a significant contribution to both historical and contemporary debates concerning Russian and Iranian politics, and to the discourse on the origins and consequences of modernisation and revolution themselves. Zusammenfassung This book is a significant contribution to both historical and contemporary debates concerning Russian and Iranian politics, and to the discourse on the origins and consequences of modernisation and revolution themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Revolution and Modernisation: The Theoretical ContextChapter 2: Historical Patterns of Modernisation from AboveChapter 3: Modernising Romanov Russia and Pahlavi IranChapter 4: Preserving the Russian Autocrat and the Iranian DespotChapter 5: The Revolutionary Movement and MomentChapter 6: Post-revolutionary Modernisation: Alternative ModernitiesChapter 7: Transcending the Modernisation Dilemma

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• Authors: Ghoncheh Tazmini, Ghoncheh (London School of Economics Tazmini
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2012
• EAN: 9781848855540
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-554-0
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: International Library of Political Studies; International Library of Polit; International Library of Polit; International Library of Political Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous