02272nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10314212 CaPaEBR 20260707180104.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 070917s2008 maua sb 001 0 eng 2007038345 GBA819753 bnb 014524528 Uk 9780674027787 (alk. paper) 0674027787 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646811622 a-ir--- JQ1789.A15 A95 2008eb 955.05 22 102113 81990 Azimi, Fakhreddin. 143380 The quest for democracy in Iran [electronic resource] : a century of struggle against authoritarian rule / Fakhreddin Azimi. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. xiv, 492 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-479) and index. Prologue : in search of a national covenant -- Constituting a national community (1906-1953). Constitutional trial and error -- Pahlavist absolutism -- Restoration of parliamentary politics -- Authoritarian supremacy : consolidation and collapse (1953-1979). The trajectories of monarchism -- Revolution : chronicle of an implosion -- The edifice and emplacements of royal rule -- Elective affinities : western imperial interests and authoritarian monarchy -- The architecture of royalist hegemony -- A culture of confrontation -- The eclipse of popular sovereignty : Iran since 1979. The unfolding of clerical rule : oligarchy by divine right? -- The culture of politics : the presence and absence of the past -- Predicaments and prospects -- Epilogue : the resilience of modernity. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Democracy Iran. 44764 Iran Politics and government 20th century. 44765 Electronic books. local 190 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10314212 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 102113 81990