LEADER 04213nam 22005175 450 001 9910483713903321 005 20230811005418.0 010 $a981-336-224-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-33-6224-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000011763248 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6478933 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-33-6224-6 035 $a(PPN)259467219 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011763248 100 $a20210214d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNGOs, Policy Networks and Political Opportunities in Hybrid Regimes $eA Case Study of Islamic Republic of Iran /$fby Mohsen Moheimany 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (363 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in Iranian Politics,$x2524-4140 311 $a981-336-223-5 327 $a1 One regime; two trajectories -- 2 Civil society and political participation: the areas and levels of literature -- 3 Theories and concepts of the study Research design and methodology -- 4 The data and methods of research -- 5 Political opportunity structure in the Islamic Republic of Iran -- 6 National and local policy networks in the women?s-right domain -- 7 National and local policy networks in the environmental domain -- 8 Comparison and discussion -- 9 Conclusion. 330 $aThis book discusses the diversity and resilience in a hybrid regime where civil society organisations are either provided with complex sets of opportunities or face severe constraints. By studying the case of Iran between 1997 and 2013, it shows how the Islamic Republic regime went into two opposite directions under two presidencies and played in-between supporting and suppressing advocacy NGOs. After accommodating a novel theoretical framework enabling scholars to identify the contributing factors of diversity in the regime, four case-study chapters are designated for comparing the women?s rights and environmental NGOs across local and national governments. These two political and technical policy areas demonstrate the different scopes of freedoms for advocacy NGOs. The contrasting narratives of the civil activists and policymakers imply paradoxes and shifts in the arrangement of opportunities for action and advocacy, although the leadership and structure of the regime remained unchanged during the period of study. Mohsen Moheimany holds a PhD in political science from Dublin City University. He received his MA of public policy from The University of Nottingham. Mohsen?s area of interest is mostly Iran?s civil society, with the experience of writing for local and international publications and media. Previously, Mohsen published a book chapter with Routledge publication about the changing civil society and the hybrid regime in Iran. "Mohsen Moheimany's book is an empirically grounded and theoretical sophisticated study of the political trajectories Iran has experienced over the course of the last two decades and how they influenced the real of civil society. The back and forth between reformism and conservatism demonstrates clearly how policies are shaped in Iran, highlighting the complexity of social and political relations in the Islamic Republic. This study is a brilliant effort to shine the light on policy-making in an authoritarian context." Professor Francesco Cavatorta, Political Science, Laval University . 410 0$aStudies in Iranian Politics,$x2524-4140 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government 606 $aGovernance and Government 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aMiddle East$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aGovernance and Government. 615 24$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 676 $a341.2 700 $aMoheimany$b Mohsen$01228287 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483713903321 996 $aNGOs, policy networks and political opportunities in hybrid regimes$92851540 997 $aUNINA