Power and change in Iran

Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction: politics of contention and conciliation in Iran's semiautocracy / Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi -- 1. Factionalism, Privatization, and the Political Economy of 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 -- 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 -- 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 Postelection Crackdown / Shadi Mokhtari -- Epilogue / Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index..

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-305) and index..