This book is a comprehensive analysis of the domestic and foreign politics of Iran, focusing on its complex nature from political, social and cultural perspectives. It has adopted a multidisciplinary approach, combining comparative politics and intellectual and modern history with international relations. It analyses the institutional structure of the Islamic Republic, the main political and social actors and alliances, as well as Iranian opposition forces both inside and outside the country. The book tries to simplify the seemingly intractable complexity of the Islamic Republic by demystifying it and using political science methods to prove that it is a peculiar hybrid regime.

Examines the politics of Iran by focusing both on the domestic sphere as well as the country's foreign policy and how the two influence each other Adopts a multidisciplinary approach, combining comparative politics, international relations, intellectual and modern Middle Eastern history Analyzes the relationships of Iran with the main regional players such as Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Israel

Autorentext

Pejman Abdolmohammadi is a Senior Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at the School of International Studies, University of Trento, Italy. He was a Resident Research Fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE, UK) from 2015 to 2018. Giampiero Cama is a Full Professor of Comparative Politics and International Relations in the Department of Political Science at the University of Genova, Italy.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Contemporary Iran: The confrontation between modernity and tradition.- Chapter 3. The institutional structure of the Islamic Republic: A peculiar hybrid regime.- Chapter 4. The main institutional and social players in Iran.- Chapter 5. The dynamics of politics in the Islamic Republic and the challenge of the opposition.- Chapter 6. Iran's role in regional and global politics.- Chapter 7. Conclusions.