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- Examines the politics of Iran by focusing both on the domestic sphere as well as the country's foreign policy and how the two influence each other
- Adopts a multidisciplinary approach, combining comparative politics, international relations, intellectual and modern Middle Eastern history
- Analyzes the relationships of Iran with the main regional players such as Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Israel
Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is a comprehensive analysis of the domestic and foreign politics of Iran, focusing on its complex nature from political, social and cultural perspectives. It has adopted a multidisciplinary approach, combining comparative politics and intellectual and modern history with international relations. It analyses the institutional structure of the Islamic Republic, the main political and social actors and alliances, as well as Iranian opposition forces both inside and outside the country. The book tries to simplify the seemingly intractable complexity of the Islamic Republic by demystifying it and using political science methods to prove that it is a peculiar hybrid regime.
Reviews
“A valuable contribution to the debate on a subject of enormous importance to our times. Abdolmohammadi and Cama have produced a thought-provoking analysis of a State that continues to frustrate and fascinate the international community in equal measure.”
— Ali Ansari, Professor in Modern History, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
“It is an insightful book challenging the main-stream thoughts on the Islamic Republic's complex political system”.
— Vincenzo Nigro, la Repubblica
“A forensic and fascinating study of Iran under the Ayatollahs, unpicking its constituent parts of their rule layer by layer. Pejman Abdolmohammadi and Giampiero Cama uncover the secret of the Islamic Republic’s durability. They reveal the hybridity of its political system – a mishmash of theocracy and democracy – which has given it the flexibility to survive into its fifth decade.”— Nicolas Pelham, The Economist
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Pejman Abdolmohammadi
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University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Giampiero Cama
About the authors
Pejman Abdolmohammadi is a Senior Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at the School of International Studies, University of Trento, Italy. He was a Resident Research Fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE, UK) from 2015 to 2018.
Giampiero Cama is a Full Professor of Comparative Politics and International Relations in the Department of Political Science at the University of Genova, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Domestic and Foreign Policies of Iran
Authors: Pejman Abdolmohammadi, Giampiero Cama
Series Title: Middle East Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45336-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45335-0Published: 07 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45338-1Published: 07 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45336-7Published: 06 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2945-7017
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 251
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Comparative Politics, Political History, Foreign Policy, Regionalism