After Khomeini [Elektronisk resurs] : Iran under his successors
Böcker. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. 2009.
For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy--part of George W. Bush's "axis of evil" even before the appearance of Ahmadinejad. But what is the reality? How did Ahmadinejad rise to power, and how much power does he really have? What are the chances of normalizing relations with Iran? In After Khomeini, Said Amir Arjomand paints a subtle and perceptive portrait of contemporary Iran. This work, a sequel to Arjomand's acclaimed The Turban for the Crown, examines Iran under the successors of Ayatollah Khomeini up to the present day. He begins, as the Islamic Republic did, with K.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Khomeini and the Islamic revolution -- Dual leadership and Constitutional development after Khomeini -- Thermidor at last: Hashemi-Rafsanjani's presidency and the economy -- Revolutionary ideology and its transformation into Islamic reformism -- The rise and fall of President Khatami and the reform movement -- Social and political consequences of the integrative revolution -- Iran's foreign policy: from the export of revolution to pragmatism -- Iran's new political class and the Ahmadinejad presidency -- Khomeini's successor: Ayatollah Khamenei ans the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran -- The hardliners, foreign policy and nuclear development.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780195391794
- Titel
- After Khomeini [Elektronisk resurs] : Iran under his successors
- Författare
- Arjomand, Said Amir
- Förlag
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
- Utgivningsår
- 2009
