| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 376 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Economy. Oil wealth and economic growth in Iran / Djavad Salehi-Isfahani -- The urban provincial periphery in Iran : revolution and war in Ramhormoz / Kaveh Ehsani -- Nimble fingers no longer! Women's employment in Iran / Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani -- Society. Religion, women, and political agency in Iran / Shahla Haeri -- Who will catch me if I fall? Health and the infrastructure of risk for urban young Iranians / Pardis Mahdavi -- From punishment to harm reduction : resecularization of addiction in contemporary Iran / Amir-Arsalan Afkhami -- Iran's new scientific community / Farhad Khosrokhavar -- Politics. Constitutional implications of current political debates in Iran / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- New conservative politics and electoral behavior in Iran / Ali Gheissari and Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji -- Ethnicity and religious minority politics in Iran / Nayereh Tohidi -- Iran's regional policies since the end of the Cold War / Anoushiravan Ehteshami -- Iran's Persian Gulf policy in the post-Saddam era / Mohsen M. Milani |
| Summary |
An imposing roster of internationally renowned Iranian scholars and rising young Iranian academics offer essays on the nature and evolution of Iran's economy, significant aspects of Iran's changing society, and the dynamics of its domestic and international politics since the 1979 revolution, focusing on the post-Khomeini period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Sociology & Social History.
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Social Sciences.
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Social Conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Social conditions -- 1997- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005196
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Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98004950
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gheissari, Ali, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9780195378498 |
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0195378490 |
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9780195378481 |
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0195378482 |
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