Dictators and the Higher Education Dilemma : State Power and the University in Modern Iran /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Golkar, Saeid (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2026]
Subjects:	Higher education and state > Iran. Democracy and education > Iran. Education, Higher > Political aspects > Iran. Dictatorship > Iran. Universities and colleges > Political aspects > Iran. Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > Iran. Enseignement supérieur > Aspect politique > Iran. Dictature > Iran. Universités > Aspect politique > Iran. Démocratie et éducation > Iran. EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom. Democracy and education Dictatorship Education, Higher > Political aspects Higher education and state Universities and colleges > Political aspects Iran Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Dictators and the Higher Education Dilemma
Part I: State and University Under Pahlavi (1925-1978)
Modernizing Under Command: Reza Shah, Universities, and the Rewriting of Iranian Society (1925-1940)
Between Reform and Repression: The Higher Education Dilemma Under Young Mohammad Reza Shah (1941-1962)
Modernization, Control, and Crisis: The University and State Power in the Late Pahlavi Era (1963-1978)
Part II: State and University Under Islamic Republic (1979-2025)
From Ivory Tower to Ideological Stronghold: Khomeini's Cultural Revolution in Higher Education (1979-88)
From Expansion to Enforcement: The Battle for Universities Under Khamenei (1989-2004)
From Reform to Repression: Universities Under Khamenei's Personalist Rule (2005-2024)
Conclusion: Dictators and the Higher Education Dilemma in Modern Iran.