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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Models of Iranian Politics, the Road to the Islamic Revolution, and the Challenge of Civil Society
Beteiligte:
Kazemi, Farhad
Erschienen:
Project MUSE, 1995
Erschienen in:
World Politics, 47 (1995) 4, Seite 555-574
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/s0043887100015215
ISSN:
0043-8871;
1086-3338
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Beschreibung:
This essay reviews six recent books on modern Iranian politics. It suggests that Iranian politics can be analyzed from the perspective of four basic traditions and models: monarchical, liberal nationalist, religious, and leftist. Each model abstracts the essential elements of the political system and demonstrates the dominance of a certain perspective. The first three of these models have been implemented in post—World War II Iran, and even the left has had an impact. The essay concludes by stating that current Iranian domestic politics can be better understood by paying attention to five enduring features: historical continuity of the nation-state, steady increase in state power, persistence of patrimonialism, intense interaction between domestic and foreign policies particularly as it relates to control over oil, and the vitality of civil society even under the Islamic Republic.