Research Catalog

Title

Iran and the rise of its neoconservatives : the politics of Tehran's silent revolution / Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Mahjoob Zweiri.

Author

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan

Publication

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2007.

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Additional Authors

Zweiri, Mahjoob

Description

xix, 215 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This is the book that exposes the workings of Iranian politics today. The authors penetrate the labyrinth of political relationships and family networks that is the Iranian ruling class, and reveal the forces which brought hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power. They argue that the power base behind Ahmadinejad represents a kind of Iranian version of American neoconservatism."--Jacket.

Subject

• Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
• Since 1997
• Iran > Politics and government > 1997-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-204) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Reform in Iran -- what went wrong? -- Introduction -- Khatami's rise to power -- Development of the 2nd Khordad movement -- The reformist elite and its challenges -- Militarization of politics in Iran since the Iran-Iraq War -- Militarization of politics under Khatami -- The outcome -- Conclusion -- 2. The neoconservatives' march to power -- Introduction -- Councils (municipal) elections -- Seventh Majlis (parliamentary) elections -- Ninth presidential elections : the rise of Ahmadinejad -- Conclusion -- 3. The Ahmadinejad phenomenon -- Introduction -- The family and social roots of President Ahmadinejad -- His early political career -- Electoral success : factors and causes -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the 'Third Revolution' -- Conclusion -- 4. Domestic politics and internal challenges under Ahmadinejad -- Introduction -- The struggle for power -- Ascent of the 'popular republic' -- The changing of the guard -- the rise of the middle generation -- Militarization of Iranian politics under Ahmadinejad -- Ahmadinejad and the challenge of governance -- Conclusion -- 5. Iran's regional role under the neoconservatives : challenges and prospects -- Introduction -- New directions in foreign policy -- Iran : entering a new era? -- Iraq and after : clash of the neoconservatives -- US policy options -- Conclusion -- 6. Conclusions.

ISBN

• 9781845113889
• 1845113888

OCLC

• 166262573
• SCSB-9920750

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library