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"This book will examine the conditions that lead to either the survival or failure of new democracies, showing how pro-democracy mobilization affects the fate of new democracies. Mohammad Ali Kadivar argues that the longest episodes of prodemocracy protest lead to the most durable new democracies, because social movements had to develop an organization infrastructure to mobilize over a long period of time, providing leadership for democratization and democratic governance. Kadivar draws on an original dataset of all 112 democratic transitions, in 80 countries, between 1950 and 2010. He assesses the length and scale of pro-democracy protests and whether armed or unarmed mobilization played a role in the transition. This dataset shows that after accounting for relevant socioeconomic characteristics, more robust democracies emerge from longer episodes of unarmed mobilization. The book will also comparatively analyze five case studies-South Africa, Poland, Pakistan, Egypt, and Tunisia-to investigate the underlying mechanisms and alternatives to the book's central argument, as well as use primary material in Arabic for the case studies of Egypt and Tunisia. Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy will make a theoretical contribution to the study of democratization, social movements, and society. While other major studies of democratic survival focus on economic development, international context, and institutional design and ignore that democracy is built through different pathways and that these pathways make a mark of democratic trajectory, this book will make a novel contribution to the field by showing how sustained unarmed mobilization forges durable democracies"--

Revelation -- A monastic perspective on divine revelation / Benoit Standaert -- A Shi'ite perspective on divine revelation -- Mohammad Ali Shomali -- Lectio divina: a monastic perspective on lectio divina / Guido Dotti -- A Shi'ite perspective on lectio divina -- Farrokh Sekaleshfar -- Prayer: A monastic perspective on prayer / Lucy Brydon -- A Shi'ite perspective on prayer -- Fatemeh Nazari -- A Shi'ite perspective on ritual prayer / Mohammad Taghi Ansaripour -- Public prayer: A monastic perspective on public prayer / Notker Wolf -- A Shi'ite perspective on public prayer / Mahnaz Heydarpoor -- Witness of the community: A monastic perspective on the witness of the monastic community / Julian Pieters -- A Shi'ite perspective on the witness of the Muslim community / Abbas Jaffer -- Witness in a secular world: A monastic perspective on witness in a secular world -- Finbarr Dowling -- A Shi'ite perspective on witness in a secular world / Mohsen Javadi -- Dialogue: Monastic-Muslim dialogue: the challenge and the promise / Timothy Wright -- Dialogue: a bridge between oneness of god and unity of humanity -- Mohammad Ali Shomali

The scholarship on the consequences of social revolutions contends that social revolutions boost state capacity and strengthen the state's developmental projects. Social justice and addressing the needs of ordinary citizens were central themes in the discourse of the Iranian Revolution and the Islamic Republic that emerged as the post-revolutionary regime with the fall of the monarchy in Iran. In this essay, I assess the performance of the post-revolutionary state in Iran according to various development indicators, comparing the post-revolutionary regime with the pre-revolutionary regime. My examination of indicators relating to health, education, poverty, income inequality, and housing presents more of a mixed result than the overall improvement that scholarship has anticipated and that the post-revolutionary regime promised. Furthermore, there is evidence of declines in some important areas of development and welfare provision. Based on this analysis, I propose directions for future research on the developmental outcome of revolutions.

This research paper is part of a larger study on Jordan's artificial intelligence strategy and its role in changing government service delivery mechanisms, leading to a comprehensive data analysis using the most up-to-date artificial intelligence techniques and their applications in various fields of work The purpose of the study was to discuss Jordan's decision-making process and the application of artificial intelligence. The issue was presented in two demands using the descriptive-analytical approach. The conversations revealed that Jordan's artificial intelligence policy aims to reduce accidents and operational expenses in various key areas of the country, including transportation. Reduce the proportion of chronic and serious diseases in the health sector. Facilities management and smart consumption in the energy sector. The education sector, by lowering costs and encouraging the desire to learn, and the technology sector, by improving the rate of production and assisting in public investment. By increasing the proportion of forestation and planting appropriate plants, the environment sector will benefit. The sector of Transportation Develops preventative techniques, such as the ability to foresee accidents and traffic congestion, as well as better traffic policies. The presence of infrastructure and knowledge in the success of artificial intelligence recruitment in Jordan's Ministry of Interior.