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The quest for democracy in Iran: a century of struggle against authoritarian rule
"In a book that provides essential context for understanding modern Iran, Fakherddin Azami present a trenchant narrative- of the history of Iran over the last century, covering political-constitutional developments, society, civic culture, ideology, foreign relations, the economy, and the confrontation between traditionalism and modernity." "In an original account of the revolution of 1978-1979, which overthrew the monarchy, Azimi underlines the salience of democratic aspirations and shows how the rise of the Islamic Republic has boosted the deeply rooted democratic urges in the country." "Based on wide-ranging, original research, this probing and passionate book offers vital historical analysis and addresses issues that remain profoundly relevant to the lives of contemporary Iranians, Equally important, Azimi dispels many misunderstandings about democracy, civic life, and Islamism in Middle Eastern and Muslim societies."--Jacket.
Historical Cognition and the Taxonomy of Sources
In: Iranian studies, Volume 54, Issue 1-2, p. 297-307
ISSN: 1475-4819
Kamran Scot Aghaie and Afshin Marashi , eds., Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2014). Pp. 380. $55.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780292757493
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Volume 48, Issue 4, p. 783-785
ISSN: 1471-6380
Rejoinder to Mr Darioush Bayandor
In: Iranian studies, Volume 46, Issue 3, p. 477-480
ISSN: 1475-4819
The Overthrow of the Government of Mosaddeq Reconsidered
In: Iranian studies, Volume 45, Issue 5, p. 693-712
ISSN: 1475-4819
The overthrow of the government of Mosaddeq has received considerable attention, scholarly and otherwise. The scholarly explanations differ in emphasis, but not in the general contours, particularly regarding the significant role of the Anglo-American secret services. There have also long been attempts to portray the overthrow of Mosaddeq as an isolated event taking place on 19 August 1953 and representing a conflation of royalist and traditionalist sentiments among soldiers and civilians. More recently it has been contended that it was not the Anglo-American secret services but the clerical nexus—prompted by Ayatollah Borujerdi, the highest religious authority in the country—which played the crucial role. This paper argues against reducing the overthrow of Mosaddeq's government to the events of 19 August, and views it as a protracted process. It further argues that assertions regarding the crucial and active role of Borujerdi are, on the basis of available evidence, untenable.
Book Review: Anthony Pagden, Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2008; 576 pp., 21 b& w plates; 9780199237432, £20.00 (hbk); 978019569779, £12.99 (pbk)
In: European history quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 1, p. 153-155
ISSN: 1461-7110
In Memoriam: Fereydun Adamiyat (23 August 1920–29 March 2008)
In: Iranian studies, Volume 42, Issue 2, p. 329-331
ISSN: 1475-4819
Memoirs of M. E. Amirteymour Kalali: Tribal Leader, Majles Deputy, Cabinet Minister, ed., Habib Ladjevardi, Iranian Oral History Project, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1997
In: Iranian studies, Volume 32, Issue 2, p. 281-283
ISSN: 1475-4819
Cosroe Chaqueri, The Soviet Socialist Republic of Iran, 1920–1921: Birth of the Trauma (Pittsburgh and London: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995). Pp. 676
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 151-152
ISSN: 1471-6380
On Shaky Ground: Concerning the Absence or Weakness of Political Parties In Iran
In: Iranian studies, Volume 30, Issue 1-2, p. 53-75
ISSN: 1475-4819
Why have large scale and durable political parties, representing broad socio-economic interests and seriously concerned with assuming political power through democratic constitutional means, not emerged in Iran? And why have even State-sponsored parties failed? These important questions have received virtually no serious scholarly attention. What follows is a preliminary attempt to address them by considering the configuration of those groups or collectivities normally identified as political parties, exploring their inadequacies, and highlighting the main factors which have accounted for the failure of party politics in twentieth-century Iran.The Early YearsWith the introduction of constitutional arrangements in Iran in 1906, the newly established National Consultative Assembly (Majlis) became the major arena for public debate among constitutionalists on how best to identify, consolidate, build upon and institutionalize the new political achievements. The difficulties of reconciling political order and constitutional accountability provoked pronounced differences of opinion and discord.
The Age of the Caliphs: A History of the Muslim World, by Bertold Spuler. 138 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishing, Inc., 1995. $16.95 (Paper) ISBN 1-55876-095-4
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Volume 29, Issue 2, p. 251-251
Mostafa Elm, Oil, Power, and Principle: Iran's Oil Nationalization and Its Aftermath (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1992). Pp. 430
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Volume 25, Issue 3, p. 530-532
ISSN: 1471-6380
Liberal Nationalism in Iran: The Failure of a Movement, Sussan, Boulder Siavoshi, Colo.: Westview Press, 1990, 196 pp., bibliography and index to p. 214, $24.50
In: Iranian studies, Volume 24, Issue 1-4, p. 77-79
ISSN: 1475-4819
Assef Bayat, Workers and Revolution in Iran. London: Zed Books Ltd., 1987. 227 pp. - Habib Ladjevardi, Labor Unions and Autocracy in Iran. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1985. 328 pp. - Afsaneh Najmabadi, Land Reform and Social Change in Iran. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1987. 24...
In: International labor and working class history: ILWCH, Volume 36, p. 123-131
ISSN: 1471-6445