ABSTRACT

This text examines the current state of Iran, looking at a wide range of areas including the economy, finance, politics, the media, the position of women and migration. The book discusses the uneasy balance between the theocratic conservatism, modernisation and globalization, concluding that forces for change in Iran are building up.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Iran and the globalized world

chapter |26 pages

Iranian women

Between Islamicization and globalization

part |4 pages

Globalization

part |2 pages

The global challenge for development

chapter |12 pages

Modernization and everyday life

Urban and rural change in Iran

part |2 pages

The limits of theocracy

chapter |16 pages

Theocracy versus democracy

Iran considers political parties