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ID075088
Title ProperPluralistic momentum in Iran and the future of the reform movement
LanguageENG
AuthorAdib-Moghaddam, Arshin
Publication2006.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article explores the pluralistic momentum in Iran. It challenges the state-centric approach to Iranian politics, arguing that contemporary Iranian reformism manifests itself as a trajectory, yet original and indigenous, political culture that feeds into the political process in a bottom-up manner-from society to the state-not the other way around. Assessing the theoretical, methodological and empirical implications of this hypothesis, the article outlines the contours of Iran's reform movement and its interaction with the country's diverse civil society. As long as Iranian politics is driven by the pluralistic momentum, it is claimed, Iranian reformism will elicit political results and-to highly dissimilar degrees-will continue to provoke the silent subservience of central institutions of the state.
`In' analytical NoteThird World Quarterly Vol. 27, No. 4; 2006: p665-674
Journal SourceThird World Quarterly Vol: 27 No 4
Key WordsIran ;  Political Development ;  Reform Movement