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" A theory of elites but a story of challengers: Authoritarian institutions, elite factionalism, and regime resilience in the Islamic Republic of Iran "
Amir A. Moheet
Soguk, Nevzat
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804247
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TL49071
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1847952497; 10300261
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Cone, Heather Ann
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A theory of elites but a story of challengers: Authoritarian institutions, elite factionalism, and regime resilience in the Islamic Republic of Iran\ Amir A. MoheetSoguk, Nevzat
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University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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2016
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Ph.D.
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Political Science
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2016
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183
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Committee members: Albertini, Tamara; Farhi, Farideh; Henningsen, Manfred; Kimura, Ehito
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-42300-6
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has steadily exhibited an uncanny institutional capacity to resist democracy that has been absent elsewhere where “Spring” uprisings succeeded in expelling long-standing authoritarian incumbents from office, such as in Tunisia and Egypt. Moreover, the Iranian regime’s remarkable resilience has emerged in spite of the presence of a ruling party, long considered to be the most important institution that sustains authoritarian rule. How has the Iranian regime survived decades of elite factionalism, electoral uncertainty, and recurrent outbreaks of mass popular unrest despite the absence of the very institution that theoretical expectation suggests should make it particularly prone to collapse? What explains the dramatic divergence in democratic outcomes among single-party authoritarian regimes throughout the region?
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Middle Eastern Studies; Political science; Social structure
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Social sciences;Arab Spring;Authoritarianism;Democracy;Elite factionalism;Institutions;Iran;Regime resilience;Revolutions
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Soguk, Nevzat
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Political ScienceUniversity of Hawai'i at Manoa
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