1st Edition

Iran's Struggle for Economic Independence Reform and Counter-Reform in the Post-Revolutionary Era

By Evaleila Pesaran Copyright 2011
240 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

It is often assumed that Iran must necessarily submit to the forces of globalization and liberalize its economy, but the country’s ruling elites have continued throughout the post-revolutionary era to resist these pressures for neo-liberal economic reform, seeking to survive in the battlefield of today’s globalizing economy whilst remaining loyal to their own rules of engagement. This book... Read more

1. Reform and Counter-Reform: The Theoretical Framework  2. Tracing the Desire for Economic Independence  3. Consolidating the Post-Revolutionary Economic System  4. Redefining Revolutionary Goals  5. Moving Towards Reform  6. Resurrecting the Revolution  7. Negotiating the Path of Counter-Reform 

Biography

Evaleila Pesaran is a College Lecturer in Politics at Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall) and Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, UK.