Political Participation in Iran from Khatami to the Green Movement Paperback / softback
by Paola Rivetti
Part of the Middle East Today series
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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.
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- Pages:202 pages, XXIII, 202 p.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:27/12/2020
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- ISBN:9783030322038
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- Pages:202 pages, XXIII, 202 p.
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- ISBN:9783030322038
