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OverviewToday Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the region and for the safety of the global community. President George W. Bush labeled it part of the Axis of Evil, and rails against the country's authoritarian leadership. Yet as Bush trumpets the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East, few note that Iran has one of the longest-running experiences with democracy in the region.In this book, Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr look at the political history of Iran in the modern era, and offer an in-depth analysis of the prospects for democracy to flourish there. After having produced the only successful Islamist challenge to the state, a revolution, and an Islamic Republic, Iran is now poised to produce a genuine and indigenous democratic movement in the Muslim world. Democracy in Iran is neither a sudden development nor a western import, Gheissari and Nasr argue. The concept of democracy in Iran today may appear to be a reaction to authoritarianism, but it is an old idea with a complex history, one that is tightly interwoven with the main forces that have shaped Iranian society and politics, institutions, identities, and interests. Indeed, the demand for democracy first surfaced in Iran a century ago at the end of the Qajar period, and helped produce Iran's surprisingly liberal first constitution in 1906. Gheissari and Nasr seek to understand why democracy failed to grow roots and lost ground to an autocratic Iranian state. Why was democracy absent from the ideological debates of the 1960s and 1970s? Most important, why has it now become a powerful social, political, and intellectual force? How have modernization, social change, economic growth, and the experience of the revolution converged to make this possible? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ali Gheissari (Adjunct Professor of History and Religious Studies, University of San Diego) , Vali Nasr (Professor of Middle East and South Asian Politics and Associate Chair of Research, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.30cm Weight: 0.518kg ISBN: 9780195189674ISBN 10: 0195189671 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 01 June 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChronology Introduction Part I: Rise of the State 1. Democracy or State-Building? 1906-1941 2. The Triumph of the State, 1941-1979 Part II: The Crucible of Revolution 3. Revolution and War Fundamentalism, 1979-1989 4. An Islamic Developmental State? 1989-1997 5. State and Limits to Democracy, 1997-2005 6. Epilogue Prospects for a Democratic State Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsIn this sophisticated yet accessible volume, two scholars of Iranian origin, Gheissari and Nasr, trace the trials and tribulations of state building and democratization in Iran over the past century...Highly Recommended. Library Journal If ever policymakers in Washington, DC, needed a slim, thoughtful account of Iran's experiments with pluralism and democracy, now is surely the time. The Economist Gheissari and Nasr provide us with a clear and readable account of politics in the Islamic Republic... Washington Post In this sophisticated yet accessible volume, two scholars of Iranian origin, Gheissari and Nasr, trace the trials and tribulations of state building and democratization in Iran over the past century...Highly Recommended. Library Journal If ever policymakers in Washington, DC, needed a slim, thoughtful account of Iran's experiments with pluralism and democracy, now is surely the time. The Economist Gheissari and Nasr provide us with a clear and readable account of politics in the Islamic Republic... Washington Post Author InformationAli Gheissari is Professor of History at the University of San Diego. He has written extensively on the intellectual history and politics of modern Iran. His edited volume, Contemporary Iran: Economy, Society, Politics, was published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Vali Nasr is Professor of International Politics in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is the author of several books, including Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (OUP 2001). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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