001481755 000__ 04141nam\a22006615i\4500 001481755 001__ 1481755 001481755 003__ DE-B1597 001481755 005__ 20231108115412.0 001481755 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001481755 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001481755 008__ 231108t20172016mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001481755 019__ $$a(OCoLC)984687468 001481755 020__ $$a9780674970434 001481755 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674970434$$2doi 001481755 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)479756 001481755 035__ $$a(OCoLC)961184975 001481755 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001481755 0410_ $$aeng 001481755 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001481755 050_4 $$aDS318.825$$bP38 2016eb 001481755 072_7 $$aPOL059000$$2bisacsh 001481755 08204 $$a320.955$$223 001481755 1001_ $$aParsa, Misagh,$$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001481755 24510 $$aDemocracy in Iran :$$bWhy It Failed and How It Might Succeed /$$cMisagh Parsa. 001481755 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c[2017] 001481755 264_4 $$c©2016 001481755 300__ $$a1 online resource (376 p.) 001481755 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001481755 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001481755 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001481755 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001481755 50500 $$tFrontmatter --$$tContents --$$tPreface --$$tPart I. Introduction and Theory --$$t1. Iran's Dilemma --$$t2. Alternative Routes to Democracy: Synthesizing Structures and Processes --$$tPart II. Revolution and The Political Economy of Theocracy --$$t3. Ideologies, Revolution, and the Formation of a Theocracy --$$t4. Politicization of the Economy and Declining Performance --$$t5. Failure to Reform and a Return to Repression --$$tPart III. Challenges Against The Islamic Regime --$$t6. Students: Vanguard of Struggles for Democracy --$$t7. The Rise and Demise of the Green Movement --$$tPart IV. Irreconcilable Conflicts --$$t8. Why the Movement Failed --$$t9. Irreconcilable Conflicts and Endless Repression --$$t10. The Path Forward --$$tNotes --$$tIndex 001481755 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001481755 520__ $$aThe Green Movement protests that erupted in Iran in 2009 amid allegations of election fraud shook the Islamic Republic to its core. For the first time in decades, the adoption of serious liberal reforms seemed possible. But the opportunity proved short-lived, leaving Iranian activists and intellectuals to debate whether any path to democracy remained open. Offering a new framework for understanding democratization in developing countries governed by authoritarian regimes, Democracy in Iran is a penetrating, historically informed analysis of Iran's current and future prospects for reform. Beginning with the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Misagh Parsa traces the evolution of Iran's theocratic regime, examining the challenges the Islamic Republic has overcome as well as those that remain: inequalities in wealth and income, corruption and cronyism, and a "brain drain" of highly educated professionals eager to escape Iran's repressive confines. The political fortunes of Iranian reformers seeking to address these problems have been uneven over a period that has seen hopes raised during a reformist administration, setbacks under Ahmadinejad, and the birth of the Green Movement. Although pro-democracy activists have made progress by fits and starts, they have few tangible reforms to show for their efforts. In Parsa's view, the outlook for Iranian democracy is stark. Gradual institutional reforms will not be sufficient for real change, nor can the government be reformed without fundamentally rethinking its commitment to the role of religion in politics and civic life. For Iran to democratize, the options are narrowing to a single path: another revolution. 001481755 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001481755 546__ $$aIn English. 001481755 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) 001481755 650_0 $$aDemocratization$$zDeveloping countries. 001481755 650_0 $$aDemocratization$$zIran. 001481755 650_0 $$aIslam and politics$$zIran. 001481755 650_7 $$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.$$2bisacsh 001481755 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001481755 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHarvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016$$z9783110638585 001481755 852__ $$bebk 001481755 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674970434$$zOnline Access 001481755 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:867638$$pGLOBAL_SET 001481755 912__ $$a978-3-11-063858-5 Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016$$b2016 001481755 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001481755 980__ $$aBIB 001481755 980__ $$aEBOOK 001481755 982__ $$aEbook 001481755 983__ $$aOnline