The quest for democracy in Iran: a century of struggle against authoritarian rule
Fakhreddin Azimi
The quest for democracy in Iran: a century of struggle against authoritarian rule
Author
Fakhreddin AzimiPublisher
Harvard University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
The quest for democracy in Iran: a century of struggle against authoritarian rule / Fakhreddin AzimiPublication Details
کمبریج : Harvard University Press، 2008مPhysical Description
xiv, 492 p.: ill.; 25 cm.Subject
Democracy -- IranIran Politics and government -- 20th century.
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 554 - 974( and index.
Contents
Prologue: in search of a national covenant -- Constituting a national community (1906 - 1953). Constitutional trial and error -- Pahlavist absolutism -- Restoration of parliamentary politics -- Authoritarian supremacy : consolidation and collapse (1953-1979). The trajectories of monarchism -- Revolution : chronicle of an implosion -- The edifice and emplacements of royal rule -- Elective affinities : western imperial interests and authoritarian monarchy -- The architecture of royalist hegemony -- A culture of confrontation -- The eclipse of popular sovereignty : Iran since 1979. The unfolding of clerical rule: oligarchy by divine right? -- The culture of politics: the presence and absence of the past -- Predicaments and prospects -- Epilogue: the resilience of modernity