Formation of Civil Society in Modern Iran - Public Intellectuals and the State

Informationen zum Autor Melody Mohebi received a PhD from the Department of Social Policy of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She has worked extensively with nongovernmental institutions. Klappentext This book investigates the development of contemporary Iranian civil society and the role of public intellectuals, looking in particular at how different reformist public intellectuals used civil society to craft their vision of Iran's socio-political future. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the development of contemporary Iranian civil society and the role of public intellectuals! looking in particular at how different reformist public intellectuals used civil society to craft their vision of Iran's socio-political future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Foundations: Civil Society, Social Movements and Intellectuals 3. Exploring the Iran Case 4. Reformist Intellectuals and Civil Society 5. The 'Practitioners' of Modern Iranian Civil Society 6. Adopting and Adapting a Liberal Concept: A Conservative Perspective 7. Conclusion Epilogue

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Foundations: Civil Society, Social Movements and Intellectuals 3. Exploring the Iran Case 4. Reformist Intellectuals and Civil Society 5. The 'Practitioners' of Modern Iranian Civil Society 6. Adopting and Adapting a Liberal Concept: A Conservative Perspective 7. Conclusion Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: M Mohebi, M. Mohebi, Melody Mohebi
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2014
• EAN: 9781137401106
• ISBN: 978-1-137-40110-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; B, History: specific events & topics, Cultural Studies, Democracy, Political Science, Middle East, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political History, Comparative Politics, World Politics, Palgrave Political Science Collection, Middle East—Politics and government, Middle Eastern Politics, Ethnology—Middle East, Middle Eastern Culture, Civil society;development;Iran;society;state