Righteous politics : power and resilience in Iran /
"Drawing on extensive fieldwork and rare primary sources, Mehran Kamrava provides a comprehensive, accessible analysis of the formal and informal institutions through which the Iranian state exercises power. Highlighting the nuances of Iranian politics, Kamrava shows how factional politics and...
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Authoritarian perseverance
- 3. Ruling under stress
- 4. The constitution, elections, and legitimacy
- 5. Elected institutions
- 6. The unelected leadership
- 7. The Praetorians
- 8. Maintaining the system
- 9. The deep state
- 10. Intra-elite dynamics
- 11. The state and its riches
- 12. Conclusion.