This book examines the unintended consequences of top-down reforms in Iran, analysing how the Iranian reformist governments (1997–2005) sought to utilise gradual reforms to control independent activism, and how citizens responded to such a disciplinary action.
Paola Rivetti is Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1. Introduction. Political participation and reformism in Iran.- Chapter 2. Locating Reform. The origin of reformism and situated research.- Chapter 3. Reformism as a state project.- Chapter 4. Reformism, Political Participation and Civil Society. Crafting consent and managing counter-power.- Chapter 5. Reformism, political participation and resistance.- Chapter 6. Conclusion. Lineages of change.