Iran Encountering Globalization: Problems and Prospects

With new material and up-to-date information, this book examines the current state of Iran, exploring a wide range of areas including the economy, finance, politics, the media, and the position of women and migration. Iran Encountering Globalizationdiscusses the uneasy balance between the theocratic conservatism, modernization and globalization. This is a key tension in Iran - one which has arisen following the revolution of 1979, since the regime has worked to Islamicize the country, while at the same time international globalization forces have been pulling in a different direction. Concluding that forces for change in Iran are currently building up, this is an extremely topical book that makes an important contribution to current debates surrounding democracy in Iran.

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreward by Fred Halliday Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Iran and the Globalised World1. Iran and the problem of political development2. Iran and Modern Media in the age of globalization 3. Iranian Women between Islamization and GlobalizationPart II:Globalization: an economic and financial approach4. Economic Globalization Prospects for democracy in Iran 5. Iran and the Global Finance Markets 6. Iranian Economy and the Globalization Process Part III: The Global challenge for development7. Modernisation and every day life:urban and rural change in Iran8. Iran's Economic Development and Structural Change in Human Resources 9. The Feminism of the labour force in IranPart IV: Thelimits oftheocracy10. How Iranians view their Return Migration to Iran11. Theocracy Versus Democracy: Iran considers political parties 12. The sixth Majles Election and the prospectsfor democracy in Iran Bibliography Index