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Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty

Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780195189674

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2006

DOI: 10.1093/0195189671.001.0001

Introduction

Chapter:
(p. 3 ) Introduction
Source:
Democracy in Iran
Author(s):

Ali Gheissari (Contributor Webpage)

Vali Nasr (Contributor Webpage)

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0195189671.003.0001

This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of Iran's experiences in state-building. It then discusses the prospects of democracy in Iran, Iranian history in the 20th century, and theories of state-building and democratization. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.

Keywords:   state-building, democracy, democratization, Iranian history

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