Democracy and Constitutional Politics in Iran (eBook)

Farshad Malek-Ahmadi received his PhD in Sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1999. Since 2004, he has been teaching at Naugatuck Valley Community College, USA. For twenty years, he has taught sociology classes at academic institutions both in the United States and abroad. His research interests are in the areas of politics, law, and literature.

1. Introduction2. Theoretical Framework3. Structure of Domination if Pre-Modern Iran4. Modernization of the State5. Constitutional Revolution of Iran 1905-19116. Article 2 of the Supplement to Fundamental Law and the Constitutional Politics of Transition to Parliamentary Legislation7. Clerical Control of the State: The Council of Guardians8. Constitutional Crisis of the State: Revision and Confirmatory Supervision9. Constitutional Politics of Political Parties and Institutions10. Continuing Constitutional Crisis and Revision11. Khatami Era and the Green Movement12. Linkages Between Two Clerical Supervisions of the State and Other Relevant Issues13. Women's Movement, Gender Equality, and Democratization14. Democratization and Its Impediments in Iran15. Conclusion