Inside the Islamic Republic: Social Change in Post-Khomeini Iran

The post-Khomenei era has profoundly changed the socio-political landscape of Iran. Since 1989, the internal dynamics of change in Iran, rooted in a panoply of socioeconomic, cultural, institutional, demographic, and behavioral factors, have led to a noticeable transition in both societal and governmental structures of power, as well as the way in which many Iranians have come to deal with the changing conditions of their society. This is all exacerbated by the global trend of communication and information expansion, as Iran has increasingly become the site of the burgeoning demands for women's rights, individual freedoms, and festering tensions and conflicts over cultural politics. These realities, among other things, have rendered Iran a country of unprecedented-and at time paradoxical-changes. This book explains how and why.


Author: Mahmood Monshipouri
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/15/2017
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780190264840

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2017

About the Author

Mahmood Monshipouri is Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University. He has published and edited a number of books, most recently Democratic Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa: Youth, Technology, and Modernization.