The a century of struggle against authoritarian rule Azimi, Fakhreddin. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. mau Cambridge, Mass Harvard University Press 2008 monographic eng

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xiv, 492 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 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. Fakhreddin Azimi. Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-479) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. a-ir--- Democracy Iran Iran Politics and government 20th century JQ1789.A15 A95 2008eb 955.05 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10314212 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10314212 CaPaEBR 070917 20260707180104.0 ebr10314212