Democracy and Constitutional Politics in Iran A Weberian Analysis [Hardcover]

An inquisitive socio-historical analysis of the long road Iran has traveled in quest of constitutionalism and democracy. The book explicates the paradox that after over a hundred years of struggle for freedom, the Iranian people currently have less of it than they did a hundred years ago at this time.1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Framework
3. Structure of Domination if Pre-Modern Iran
4. Modernization of the State
5. Constitutional Revolution of Iran 1905-1911
6. Article 2 of the Supplement to Fundamental Law and the Constitutional Politics of Transition to Parliamentary Legislation
7. Clerical Control of the State: The Council of Guardians
8. Constitutional Crisis of the State: Revision and Confirmatory Supervision
9. Constitutional Politics of Political Parties and Institutions
10. Continuing Constitutional Crisis and Revision
11. Khatami Era and the Green Movement
12. Linkages Between Two Clerical Supervisions of the State and Other Relevant Issues
13. Women's Movement, Gender Equality, and Democratization
14. Democratization and Its Impediments in Iran
15. Conclusion

If you ever wondered why a century past her Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911 Iran is still struggling to establish a democratic order and sustainable constitutional politics, you should read Malek-Ahmadi's account of the contestation of liberal and authoritarian interpretations of the law and religion among Iranian political elites, especially as it has manifested itself in the rule of the Islamic Republic in Iran. - Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ali Akbar Mahdi, Lecturer in Sociology, California State University, College of the Canyons, USA

A careful and sophisticated account of Iran's bumpy road to democratization in historical perspective and cast in an analytical framework drawn from Max Weber. Malek-Ahmadi presents Iran's unique constitutlh