Iran Revisited Exploring the Historical Roots of Culture, Economics, and Society /

This book examines Modern Iran through an interdisciplinary analysis of its cultural norms, history and institutional environment. The goal is to underline strengths and weaknesses of Iranian society as a whole, and to illustrate less prescriptive explanations for the way Iran is seen through a lens...

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Main Author: Pirzadeh, Ali. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Arts, Research, Innovation and Society,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30485-4
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Rethinking Iranian National Character
  • The Role of Ideas and Education in Iranian Society
  • Historical Perspectives on Iranian Cultural Identity
  • Islamization of Iranian Society
  • Qajar Period and the Constitutional Revolution
  • Contemporary Iran and the Iranian Economy
  • Concluding Remarks. Appendix : Economic of Development
  • Appendix: Rent-seeking versus Rent-creation
  • Appendix: The Theory of Price
  • Bibliography. .