Quest for Democracy in Iran A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule

Name: Quest for Democracy in Iran A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule
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ISBN: 9780674057067

ISBN-10: 0674057066

ISBN-13: 9780674057067

Edition: 2008

Authors: Fakhreddin Azimi, C. James, Alec Margaret

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface


Note on Transliteration


Prologue: In Search of a National Covenant



Constituting a National Community (1906-1953)



Constitutional Trial and Error



Pahlavist Absolutism



Restoration of Parliamentary Politics



Authoritarian Supremacy: Consolidation and Collapse (1953-1979)



The Trajectories of Monarchism



Revolution: Chronicle of an Implosion



The Edifice and Emplacements of Royal Rule



Elective Affinities: Western Imperial Interests and Authoritarian Monarchy



The Architecture of Royalist Hegemony



A Culture of Confrontation



The Eclipse of Popular Sovereignty: Iran since 1979



The Unfolding of Clerical Rule: Oligarchy by Divine Right?



The Culture of Politics: The Presence and Absence of the Past



Predicaments and Prospects


Epilogue: The Resilience of Modernity


Abbreviations


Notes


Index