Political Participation in Iran from Khatami to the Green Movement

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-32200-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Reihe: Middle East Today

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rivetti, Paola

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction. Political participation and reformism in Iran.- Chapter 2. Locating Reform. The origin of reformism and situated research.- Chapter 3. Reformism as a state project.- Chapter 4. Reformism, Political Participation and Civil Society. Crafting consent and managing counter-power.- Chapter 5. Reformism, political participation and resistance.- Chapter 6. Conclusion. Lineages of change.

Über Autor(innen)

Paola Rivetti is Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland.