Table of Contents

Ali Gheissari: Introduction
Part One: Economy
1: Djavad Salehi-Isfahani: The Oil Wealth and Economic Growth in Iran
2: Kaveh Ehsani: The Urban Provincial Periphery in Iran: Revolution and War in Ramhormoz
3: Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani: Nimble Fingers No Longer! Women's Employment in Iran
Part Two: Society
4: Shahla Haeri: Religion, Women, and Political Agency in Iran
5: Pardis Mahdavi: Who Will Catch Me if I Fall? Health and the Infrastructure of Risk for Urban Young Iranians
6: Amir Arsalan Afkhami: From Punishment to Harm Reduction: Resecularization of Addiction in Contemporary Iran
7: Farhad Khosrokhavar: Iran's New Scientific Community
Part Three: Politics
8: Saïd Amir Arjomand: Constitutional Implications of Current Political Debates in Iran
9: Ali Gheissari and Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji: New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran
10: Nayereh Tohidi: Ethnicity and Religious Minority Politics in Iran
11: Anoushiravan Ehteshami: Iran's Regional Policies since the End of the Cold War
12: Mohsen M. Milani: Iran's Persian Gulf Policy in the Post-Saddam Era
Index

About the Author

Ali Gheissari is Professor of History at the University of San Diego. He has written extensively on the intellectual history and politics of modern Iran. His book, Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty, was published by Oxford University Press in 2006.

Reviews

"A skillful collection of work...an excellent, thought-provoking set of papers about the challenges, perils and promises of a country undergoing dramatic changes under theocratic rule. Its engaging and erudite chapters introduce the reader to different cultural, economic, religious, and political spheres of interaction, and offer valuable lessons about the dynamics of a changing society...This stimulating work will be welcomed by historians and social theorists
and by anyone interested in the contemporary history and political dynamics of Iranian society."--Iranian Studies
"A critical book for engaging Iran in the post-Bush era. It reveals Iran's complex society as it deals with the crises all societies must now deal with: from crises in energy, economics, law, scientific research and foreign policy to drugs, sex, housing, health care, population growth and crime to local and ethnic tensions, war and violence and their terrible after effects. A serious work of scholarship by European and North American writers, rising stars and
longtime Iran watchers."--Darius Rejali, Professor of Political Science, Reed College