Iran at the Crossroads

✍ Scribed by John L. Esposito, R. K. Ramazani (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 250
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

At the dawn of the 21st century, we are witnessing the redefining and reforming of the Islamic Republic, a struggle between the President Khatami's reformist agenda and more militant conservative forces led by Ayatollah Khameni, Iran's Supreme Religious Guide. The Islamic Republic of Iran at 20 is a place of new promises and aspirations whose political, economic ,and socioeconomic struggles have significance not only for Iranians but also for Iran's relations with the international community. Iran at the Crossroads provides an intimate view of Iran, domestically and internationally, and the current struggle to reconstruct and thus relegitimate the revolution. This volume includes essays by American, European, and Iranian scholars writing on the extraordinary changing situation in Iran today.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-v
Introduction: From Khomeini to Khatami....Pages 1-11
The Paradoxes of Politics in Postrevolutionary Iran....Pages 13-27
Reform and Resistance in the Islamic Republic of Iran....Pages 29-56
On the Reconfiguration of the Public Sphere and the Changing Political Landscape of Postrevolutionary Iran....Pages 57-74
The Politics of the “Women’s Question” in the Islamic Republic, 1979–1999....Pages 75-92
Iran’s Economy: Twenty Years after the Islamic Revolution....Pages 93-122
The Rule of the Religious Jurist in Iran....Pages 123-147
Iran’s Foreign Policy Toward Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus....Pages 149-174
The Iranian Revolution and International Politics: Some European Perspectives....Pages 175-190
The Clouded Mirror: The United States and Iran, 1979–1999....Pages 191-210
Reflections on Iran’s Foreign Policy: Defining the “National Interests”....Pages 211-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-248

✦ Subjects

Asian Culture;Asian Politics;Political Science;Sociology of Culture