After Khomeini: The Iranian Second Republic / Edition 1

by Anoushiravan Ehteshami

Overview

For Iran the years since Ayatollah Khomeini's death have been dominated by the need for political consolidation and economic reconstruction.
The book assesses the critical dilemmas of the regime both previous to and since the demise of its first spiritual leader. The vital issues of political succession and constitutional reform are addressed, contributing to an analysis of the structures and politics of power. How these have reflected upon economic policy is considered with close atttention being given to the reform policies of Rafsanjani. Foreign policy and security issues are discussed in both regional and global terms and include a study of Iranian defence strategy and its controversial re-armament drive.
The final chapter examines the direction and context of all of these major policy areas, providing an analysis of whether the Islamic Republic truly represents a revolutionary alternative for the Third World or whether in fact it has developed in time to fall within a similar mould to other notable revolutions, casting by the wayside any uniquely Islamic agenda and alternatives.
At the heart of this study is the belief that the Islamic regime has, since the cease-fire with Iraq, but more specifically since Ayatollah Khomeini's death passed into a new stage of development, referred to in the book as the ‘Second Republic'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415108799
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/23/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anoushiravan Ehteshami is Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics and Director of Postgraduate Studies at CMEIS, the University of Durham.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Political succession in republican Iran 2 The emergence of the Second Republic 3 The politics of power in post-Khomeini Iran 4 The revolutionary state in search of an economic system: the Moussavi years 5 State and economy under Rafsanjani 6 Iran’s post-revolution regional policy 7 The foreign policy of the Second Republic 8 Security and defence strategy of the Second Republic 9 The Islamic Republic of Iran: a revolutionary alternative for the Third World?