Iran divided : the historical roots of Iranian debates on identity, culture, and governance in the twenty-first century /
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Iran's social, economic, political, and cultural conditions at the dawn of the 19th century
- Encounter with the West, efforts at reform and modernization, and their consequences
- The left in Iran : origins and evolution
- Islamic opposition to the Shah : groups, individuals, and thinking
- The revolution triumphs, the coalition fractures, and power struggles begin
- Factions, discourses and politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1980-1997
- The left's revenge, the Khatami presidency, and the reformist discourse
- Khatami's second term, 2001-2005 : continued domestic bickering and new international challenges
- Ahmadinejad presidency's first term, 2005-2009 : restoring revolutionary values
- Presidential elections of 2009 and Ahmadinejad's second term
- June 2013 presidential elections : outcome, significance, and potential consequences.