Contemporary Iran : economy, society, politics / edited by Ali Gheissari. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xxiv, 376 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Economy. Oil wealth and economic growth in Iran / Djavad Salehi-Isfahani -- The urban provincial periphery in Iran : revolution and war in Ramhormoz / Kaveh Ehsani -- Nimble fingers no longer! Women's employment in Iran / Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani -- Society. Religion, women, and political agency in Iran / Shahla Haeri -- Who will catch me if I fall? Health and the infrastructure of risk for urban young Iranians / Pardis Mahdavi -- From punishment to harm reduction : resecularization of addiction in contemporary Iran / Amir-Arsalan Afkhami -- Iran's new scientific community / Farhad Khosrokhavar -- Politics. Constitutional implications of current political debates in Iran / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- New conservative politics and electoral behavior in Iran / Ali Gheissari and Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji -- Ethnicity and religious minority politics in Iran / Nayereh Tohidi -- Iran's regional policies since the end of the Cold War / Anoushiravan Ehteshami -- Iran's Persian Gulf policy in the post-Saddam era / Mohsen M. Milani.

9780195378481 (cloth) 0195378482 (cloth) 9780195378498 (pbk.) 0195378490 (pbk.)

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Iran--Social conditions--1997-
Iran--Politics and government--1997-

HN670.2.A8 / C658 2009

306.0955