New Book Announcement: “Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change” by Ali M Ansari

Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change, Ali M. Ansari (Gingko, Fenruary 2019)
Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change, Ali M. Ansari (Gingko, February 2019)

The most comprehensive account of the politics of reform in contemporary Iran. The surprise election of Hassan Rouhani in 2013 and his re-election in 2017 has focused attention on the dynamics between Islam and democracy in Iran after the hiatus of the Ahmadinejad presidency. With comparisons being drawn between Rouhani and his predecessor but one, the reformist president Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), there has never been a better time for a review and detailed analysis of the rise and fall of the reform movement in Iran.

This revised and updated edition with a new preface and conclusion incorporates more recent work on the presidential election crisis of 2009, along with the election of Rouhani in 2013 and 2017, and an additional essay on the idea of reformism in Iran.

 

Iran, Islam and Democracy: The Politics of Managing Change
by Ali M Ansari
Gingko, February 2019 (ISBN 9781909942981)