| Political Participation in Iran from Khatami to the Green Movement 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Rivetti, Paola (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030322009 ISBN-13: 9783030322007 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $80.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - Religion | Religion, Politics & State - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 320.09 |
| Series: Middle East Today |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.93 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the unintended consequences of top-down reforms in Iran, analysing how the Iranian reformist governments (1997-2005) sought to utilise gradual reforms to control independent activism, and how citizens responded to such a disciplinary action. While the governments successfully 'set the field' of permitted political participation, part of the civil society that took shape was unexpectedly independent. Despite being a minority, independent activists were not marginal: without them, in fact, the Green Movement of 2009 would not have taken shape. Building on in-depth empirical analysis, the author explains how autonomous activism forms and survives in a semi-authoritarian country. The book contributes to the debate about the implications of elite-led reforms for social reproduction, offering an innovative interpretation and an original analysis of social movements from a political science perspective. |