Iran after the Revolution: Crisis of an Islamic State

Abstract

Part 1 Ideological and historical perspectives: from the white revolution to the Islamic revolution, Ahmad Ashraf state, political stability and property rights, Fatemeh E. Moghadam competing Shi'i subsystems in contemporary Iran, Ali Rahnema and Farhad Nomani. Part 2 State and economy: the post-revolutionary economic crisis, Sohrab Behdad continuity and change in industrial policy, Saeed Rahnema the oil sector after the revolution, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani the political economy of foreign exchange reform, Hossein Farzin. Part 3 Social policy and state legitimacy: regime legitimacy and high-school textbooks, Sussan Siavoshi health policy and medical education, Asghar Rastegar the politics of nationality and ethnic diversity, Shahrzad Mjoab and Amir Hassanpour public life and women's resistance, Haideh Moghissi.