Formation of Civil Society in Modern Iran : Public Intellectuals and the Stat...

Description: Formation of Civil Society in Modern Iran : Public Intellectuals and the State, Hardcover by Mohebi, Melody, ISBN 1137401109, ISBN-13 9781137401106, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Drawing on in-depth elite interviews and documents, this book investigates how and why the Iranian reformists used the language and concept of civil society to enhance the reformists' positions of power. Mohebi focuses especially on reformist public intellectuals as agents of change, especially effective because of the role they played in introducing new ideas to a wider constituency, and examines how different reformist intellectuals used civil society to craft their vision of Iran's socio-political future. Mohebi also examines how conservative figures with different underlying values and political agendas appropriated civil society for their own ends. Th argues that, although the concept of civil society may be deployed to serve conflicting objectives, its lasting legacy is pluralism and an opening up of the public sphere"--

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Book Title: Formation of Civil Society in Modern Iran : Public Intellectuals

Number of Pages: IX, 185 Pages

Publication Name: Formation of Civil Society in Modern Iran : Public Intellectuals and the State

Language: English

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Year: 2014

Item Height: 0.6 in

Subject: History & Theory, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World / Middle Eastern, Comparative Politics

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 123.5 Oz

Author: Melody Mohebi

Item Length: 8.8 in

Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science

Item Width: 5.7 in

Format: Hardcover