Iran Divided - Shireen T. Hunter

Iran Divided
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Autor: Shireen T. Hunter

 Wydawnictwo: Rowman Littelfield Publisher
ISBN: 9781442233195
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Stron: 272
Data wydania: 2014-10-01
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Iranian politics has been marked by sharp ideological divisions and infighting. These divides, kept largely out of public view until the 1990s, came to greater light with the contested 2009 presidential elections. To explain the diverse and complex forces that led to this event and that animate Iran's current fractured society and polity, author Shireen T. Hunter looks beyond the battle between the forces of reform and reaction, democracy and dictatorship, and considers the historic forces that created the conditions faced by Iran since the revolution. Iran Divided: The Historic Roots of Iranian Debates on Identity, Culture, and Governance in the 21st Century explains historical and political factors and their relevance to Iran today, shedding light on the forces behind Iranian politics and society. This book discusses: *historical roots of Iran's current divisions and debates; *Iran versus Islam; *secularism versus religion; *constitutionalism versus Islamic government; *fundamental issues of identity, culture, and governance; *aging of the revolutionary coalition; *development of new elites; *experiences of the Islamic republic; *and new international conditions moving the country beyond old divides and ideological rifts toward a new national consensus. A comprehensive survey, the book will be an indispensable tool to any student seeking to understand the Islamic Republic of Iran and its standing in the world today. By placing Iran's recent developments in their proper historical context, Hunter identifies a number of major divides in Iranian identity, culture and politics, some resulting from Iran's long and turbulent history and some from its more recent past, especially the dynamics of its modernization. Applying this approach, Iran Divided goes beyond the simplistic and binary analysis of Iran's politics in terms of factional infighting, conflict between reformists and conservatives, and struggle between dictatorship and democracy. Hunter also sheds new light on the country's pre-and post-revolution developments. The result is a rich and valuable addition to Iranian studies and for a better understanding of Iran's modern politics. -- Hooshang Amirahmadi, PhD, Professor, Rutgers University; Senior Associate, Oxford University; President, American Iranian Council Shireen Hunter takes on one of the most persistent and difficult questions facing Iranians: Who are we and what makes us Iranians? In doing so, she skillfully weaves threads from history, ethnography, religion, and literature, and applies her remarkable scholarship to a problem that continues to bedevil Iranians even as their political systems change. -- Ambassador John Limbert, professor of Middle Eastern Studies, US Naval Academy Shireen Hunter has provided the most authoritative analysis of contemporary Iranian political and social dynamics in print today. Her detailed data-rich study provides up-to-the-minute accounts of the most recent Iranian political events and their meaning both for Iran and the world. Contextualizing these latest events in the contemporary history of Iran starting with the history surrounding the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 and the subsequent establishment of the institutions of the Islamic Republic, she demonstrates definitively that governance in Iran today is process-governed and stable. Of special mention is the admirable examination of the 2009 presidential election and the social protests emanating from it; and the subsequent election of reformist President Hassan Rouhani in 2013. Those who believe that Iran is an arbitrary theocratic dictatorship should be required to read this masterful study; their prejudicial, inaccurate view will be severely challenged. -- William O. Beeman, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota Shireen Hunter's new book is a fascinating survey of Iranian factional politics.

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Shireen T. Hunter