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Civil Society and Democracy in Iran
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2011
Summary
In this timely, informative edited volume, major Iranian scholars and civic actors address some of the most pressing questions about Iranian civil society and the process of democratization in Iran. They describe the role of Iranian civil society in the process of transition to democracy in Iran and offer insight about the enduring legacy of previous social and political movements—starting with the Constitutional Revolution of 1906— in the struggle for democracy in Iran. Each contributor looks at different aspects of Iranian civil society to address the complex nature of the political order in Iran and the possibilities for secularization and democratization of the Iranian government. Various contributors analyze the impact of religion on prevailing democratic thought, discussing reformist religious movements and thinkers and the demands of religious minorities. Others provide insight into the democratic implications of recent Iranian women’s rights movements, call for secularism within government, and the pressure placed on the existing theocracy by the working class. The contributors address these and related issues in all their richness and complexity and offer a set of discussions that is both accessible and illuminating for the reader.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-6544-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7223-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
299
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access
1 Civil Society in Iran: The Story of a Century-Long Struggle No access
2 Theorizing Civil Society in Contemporary Iran No access
3 The Green Movement in Iran: Democratization and Secularization from Below No access
4 The Civil Society Approach to Democratization in Iran: The Case for Bringing it Back in, Carefully No access
5 Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in Iran No access
6 Religious Life in a Secular State No access
7 Humble Secularism No access
8 What is our Problem? No access
9 Green Women of Iran No access
10 A Feminist Agenda for the Iranian Constitution: Gender at the Intersection of Disputed Identities No access
11 The Other Side of the Quest for Democracy in Iran No access
12 Women and the Women’s Movement in Post-Elections: Double Females? No access
13 The Baha'i Community, Human Rights, and the Construction of a New Iranian Identity No access
14 Democracy, Civil Society, and the Iranian Working Class: The Struggle for Independent Labor Organizations No access
15 Labour Organizing in Iran: Lessons of the 1979 Revolution No access
16 A Confident Generation No access
Index No access Pages 291 - 296
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 297 - 299
