Contemporary Iran : economy, society, politics / edited by Ali Gheissari.

Contributor Gheissari, Ali, 1954-

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Descriptionxxiv, 376 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:Part I: Economy. - Oil wealth and economic growth in Iran / Djavad Salehi-Isfahani - The urban provincial periphery in Iran : revolution and war in Ramhormoz / Kaveh Ehsani - Nimble fingers no longer! Women's employment in Iran / Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani --Part II: Society. - Religion, women, and political agency in Iran / Shahla Haeri - Who will catch me if I fall? Health and the infrastructure of risk for urban young Iranians / Pardis Mahdavi - From punishment to harm reduction : resecularization of addiction in contemporary Iran / Amir-Arsalan Afkhami - Iran's new scientific community / Farhad Khosrokhavar --Part III:Politics. - Constitutional implications of current political debates in Iran / Saïd Amir Arjomand - New conservative politics and electoral behavior in Iran / Ali Gheissari and Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji - Ethnicity and religious minority politics in Iran / Nayereh Tohidi - Iran's regional policies since the end of the Cold War / Anoushiravan Ehteshami - Iran's Persian Gulf policy in the post-Saddam era / Mohsen M. Milani.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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