Civil Society and Democracy in Iran

Herausgeber: Jahanbegloo, Ramin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780739165454
• ISBN-10: 0739165453
• Artikelnr.: 34561049

Autorenporträt

Edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo - Contributions by Payam Akhavan; Sohrab Behdad; Mehrzad Boroujerdi; Yousefi Eshkevari; Akbar Ganji; Nader Hashemi; Farhad Khosrokhavar; Amin Reza Koohestani; Mojtaba Mahdavi; Omid Memarian; Haideh Moghissi; Farhad Nomani; Saee

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Theorizing Civil Society in Iran
Chapter 1: Civil Society in Iran: The Story of a Century-Long Struggle
Chapter 2: Theorizing Civil Society in Contemporary Iran Chapter 3: The
Green Movement in Iran: Democratization and Secularization from Below
Chapter 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 Chapter 5: Religious Disputation and Democratic
Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on
the Struggle for Democracy in Iran Chapter 6: Religious Life in a Secular
State Chapter 7: Humble Secularism Chapter 8: What is our Problem? Part
III: Gender and Politics Chapter 9: Green Women of Iran Chapter 10: A
Feminist Agenda for the Iranian Constitution: Gender at the Intersection of
Disputed Identities Chapter 11: The Other Side of the Quest for Democracy
in Iran Chapter 12: Women and the Women's Movement in Post-elections:
Double Females?  Part IV: Identity and Group Rights Chapter 13: The Baha'i
Community, Human Rights, and the Construction of a New Iranian Identity
        Chapter 14: Democracy, Civil Society, and the Iranian Working
Class: The Struggle for Independent Labor Organizations Chapter 15: Labour
Organizing in Iran: Lessons of the 1979 Revolution Chapter 16: A Confident
Generation Index  About the Editor and Contributors