Introduction; 1. Theoretical Framework; 2. The Age of the 'Imam'; 3. The Era of Reconstruction and Reform; 4. Ahmadinejad and Secularization: Rupture or Continuity?; 5. Consolidation of Secularity; Conclusion; Appendix: Presidential Elections in a Nutshell.
By looking at all the presidential elections since the revolution, this book offers a new analysis of politics in Iran.
Mahmoud Pargoo is a Research Fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University in Melbourne-Australia and a former visiting lecturer at the University of Sydney. He received his Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought from Institute for Social Justice at Australian Catholic University in 2019. Shahram Akbarzadeh is Convenor of Middle East Studies Forum at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University where he researches Middle East politics with special focus on Iran. He recently completed a project on the role of Islam in Iranian foreign policy making as a Future Fellow with the Australian Research Council. His publications include the Routledge Handbook on Political Islam (2021).
'Using national elections as a framework to explore the discourses
around political trends in Iran from 1979 to the present, Mahmoud
Pargoo and Shahram Akbarzadeh explore core questions about how
different versions of secularism have evolved and competed in Iran
over the last forty years. Offering nuanced understanding of
Iranian politics, rather than simplistic notions of the religious
hardliners vs. the reformists opposition, this is an important text
for students of Middle Eastern, Iranian and comparative electoral
politics.' Kamran Scot Aghaie, University of Texas at Austin
'Amid all the noise about Iran, here is a serious work that
explores an understudied facet of Iranian politics. Through their
deep dive into Iran's presidential elections, Pargoo and Akbarzadeh
examine the discourse of the campaigns and show the increasing
secularization of Iranian politics. This is a work of tremendous
importance and an essential read for anyone interested in better
understanding contemporary Iranian politics.' Mehran Kamrava,
Georgetown University Qatar
'The book is an excellent manifestation of social science inquiry
into structural and sociocultural transformation in
post-revolutionary Iran. … Recommended.' A. R. Abootalebi, CHOICE
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