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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827696903321

Titolo

Contemporary Iran : economy, society, politics / / edited by Ali Gheissari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-988860-4

0-19-537849-0

9786612053948

0-19-970285-3

1-282-05394-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GheissariAli <1954->

Disciplina

306.0955

Soggetti

Iran History 21st century

Iran Social conditions 1997-

Iran Politics and government 1997-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; Part I. Economy; 1. Oil Wealth and Economic Growth in Iran; 2. The Urban Provincial Periphery in Iran: Revolution and War in Ramhormoz; 3. Nimble Fingers No Longer! Women's Employment in Iran; Part II. Society; 4. Women, Religion, and Political Agency in Iran; 5. Who Will Catch Me If I Fall? Health and the Infrastructure of Risk for Urban Young Iranians; 6. From Punishment to Harm Reduction: Resecularization of Addiction in Contemporary Iran; 7. Iran's New Scientific Community; Part III. Politics

8. Constitutional Implications of Current Political Debates in Iran9. New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran; 10. Ethnicity and Religious Minority Politics in Iran; 11. Iran's Regional Policies since the End of the Cold War; 12. Iran's Persian Gulf Policy in the Post-Saddam Era; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction, Ali Gheissari  Part One: Economy   1. The Oil Wealth and Economic Growth in Iran, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani  2. The Urban



Provincial Periphery in Iran: Revolution and War in Ramhormoz, Kaveh Ehsani  3. Nimble Fingers No Longer! Women's Employment in Iran, Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani  Part Two: Society   4. Religion, Women, and Political Agency in Iran, Shahla Haeri  5. Who Will Catch Me if I Fall? Health and the Infrastructure of Risk for Urban Young Iranians, Pardis Mahdavi  6. From Punishment to Harm Reduction: Resecularization of Addiction in Contemporary Iran, A