| ID | 083598 |
| Title Proper | Formative years of Azerbaijani nationalism in post-revolutionary Iran |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Riaux, Gilles |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article covers the period from the Islamic Revolution to Khatami's landslide victory at the presidential elections in 1997 and analyses the processes leading to the formation of a national movement in Iranian Azerbaijan. It successively explores the role played by the Turkish intellectual entrepreneurs, former Leftists and disillusioned Islamists in politicizing Azerbaijani identity and shaping a nationalist movement. This process of aggregation of different social groups reveal what has now become one of the main symptoms of the profound crisis faced by the Islamic Republic |
| `In' analytical Note | Central Asian Survey Vol. 27, No.1; Mar 2008: p45-58 |
| Journal Source | Central Asian Survey Vol. 27, No.1; Mar 2008: p45-58 |
| Key Words | Nationalism ; Resource Mobilization ; Iran ; Azerbaijan |