02272nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112015001900129016001800148020003100166020002800197040002100225035002100246043001200267050002700279082001500306090001800321100003100339245013200370260005700502300003400559504006400593505078800657533015201445650002801597651005601625655003401681710002201715856013101737999001801868ebr10314212CaPaEBR20260707180104.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||070917s2008    maua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2007038345  aGBA8197532bnb7 z0145245282Uk  z9780674027787 (alk. paper)  z0674027787 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)646811622  aa-ir---14aJQ1789.A15bA95 2008eb04a955.05222  c102113d819901 aAzimi, Fakhreddin.914338014aThe quest for democracy in Iranh[electronic resource] :ba century of struggle against authoritarian rule /cFakhreddin Azimi.  aCambridge, Mass. :bHarvard University Press,c2008.  axiv, 492 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 455-479) and index.0 aPrologue : 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aDemocracyzIran.944764 0aIranxPolitics and governmenty20th century.944765 7aElectronic books.2local91902 aebrary, Inc.919140uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10314212zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c102113d81990