Rivetti, Paola ORCID: 0000-0002-1794-0504 and Cavatorta, Francesco ORCID: 0000-0003-2249-1392 (2013) ‘The Importance of being Civil Society’: Student Politics and the Reformist Movement in Khatami's Iran. Middle Eastern Studies, 49 (4). pp. 645-660. ISSN 0026-3206
Abstract
Through a non-conventional understanding of civil society activism, the article provides an
explanation of the relationship between the student movement and Khatami’s governments in Iran.
This study approaches ‘civil society’ as a space where we may observe the dynamics and the exercise of
power. The case study of the interactions between the Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat and Khatami’s
governments illustrates how civil society is not a fixed concept, but a contested one. By analysing the
conflicts and interactions between these two actors, the article examines the continuous negotiations
that reinvent the meaning of civil society and produce political inclusion or exclusion.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Civil society; Khatami; Iran; democratization; reformism |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Political science |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2013.798311 |
Copyright Information: | © 2013 Taylor & Francis |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
Funders: | Irish Research Council, Gerda Henkel Foundation |
ID Code: | 23167 |
Deposited On: | 11 Apr 2019 09:14 by Paola Rivetti . Last Modified 23 Mar 2023 14:36 |
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