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Informationen zum Autor Daniel Brumberg is Associate Professor of Government and Co-Director of Democracy and Governance Studies at Georgetown University and a Special Advisor to the United States Institute of Peace. His books include Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran , Moyen Orient: L'Enjeu Democratique , and Islam and Democracy in the Middle East (coedited with Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner). Farideh Farhi is an Independent Scholar and Affiliate Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her publications include States and Urban-Based Revolutions: Iran and Nicaragua . Klappentext Daniel Brumberg is Associate Professor of Government and Co-Director of Democracy and Governance Studies at Georgetown University and a Special Advisor to the United States Institute of Peace. His books include Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran, Moyen Orient: L¿Enjeu Democratique, and Islam and Democracy in the Middle East (coedited with Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner). Farideh Farhi is an Independent Scholar and Affiliate Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai¿i at Manoa. Her publications include States and Urban-Based Revolutions: Iran and Nicaragua. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on Transliteration Introduction: Politics of Contention and Conciliation in Iran's Semi-Autocracy Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi PART I. The Contested Terrain 1. Economic Privatization, Factional Politics, and Regime Transformation Payam Mohseni 2. Social Welfare Policies and the Dynamics of Elite and Popular Contention Kevan Harris 3. Education as Public Good or Private Resource: Accommodation and Demobilization in Iran's University System. Shervin Malekzadeh PART II. Institutional Evolution 4. The Office of the Supreme Leader: Epicenter of a Theocracy Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Kourosh Rahimkhani 5. Electoral Politics, Power, and Prospects for Reform Yasmin Alem PART III. Political and Ideological Challenges 6. The Rule of Law and Conflict in the Reform Era Mehrangiz Kar and Azadeh Pourzand 7. The Green Movement and Political Change in Iran Fatemeh Haghighatjoo 8. "This Government Is Neither Islamic nor a Republic": Responses to the 2009 Post-Election Crackdown Shadi Mokhtari Epilogue Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi Selected Bibliography Contributors Index ...
