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Autore |
Jahanbegloo Ramin |
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Civil society and democracy in Iran / / edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Collana |
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Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory |
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Soggetti |
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Civil society - Iran |
Democratization - Iran |
Democracy - Iran |
Islam and state - Iran |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY IN IRAN; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Theorizing Civil Society in Iran; 1 Civil Society in Iran: The Story of a Century-Long Struggle; 2 Theorizing Civil Society in Contemporary Iran; 3 The Green Movement in Iran: Democratization and Secularization from Below; 4 The Civil Society Approach to Democratization in Iran: The Case for Bringing it Back in, Carefully; Part II: Islam, Secularism, and Efforts for Democratization |
5 Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in Iran6 Religious Life in a Secular State; 7 Humble Secularism; 8 What is our Problem?; Part III: Gender and Politics; 9 Green Women of Iran; 10 A Feminist Agenda for the Iranian Constitution: Gender at the Intersection of Disputed Identities; 11 The Other Side of the Quest for Democracy in Iran; 12 Women and the Women's Movement in Post-Elections: Double Females?; Part IV: Identity and Group Rights |
13 The Baha'i Community, Human Rights, and the Construction of a New Iranian Identity14 Democracy, Civil Society, and the Iranian Working Class: The Struggle for Independent Labor Organizations; 15 |
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Labour Organizing in Iran: Lessons of the 1979 Revolution; 16 A Confident Generation; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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