Book contents
- Righteous Politics
- Righteous Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Authoritarian Perseverance
- 3 Ruling under Stress
- 4 The Constitution, Elections, and Legitimacy
- 5 Elected Institutions
- 6 The Unelected Leadership
- 7 The Praetorians
- 8 Maintaining the System
- 9 The Deep State
- 10 Intra-elite Dynamics
- 11 The State and Its Riches
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Select Bibliography
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2023
Book contents
- Righteous Politics
- Righteous Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Authoritarian Perseverance
- 3 Ruling under Stress
- 4 The Constitution, Elections, and Legitimacy
- 5 Elected Institutions
- 6 The Unelected Leadership
- 7 The Praetorians
- 8 Maintaining the System
- 9 The Deep State
- 10 Intra-elite Dynamics
- 11 The State and Its Riches
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the book’s main arguments and discusses four interrelated developments as the primary causes ofL6:L8 the resilience of the Islamic Republic. They are: the institutional makeup and legitimacy of the state; the state’s underlying and not always obvious underbelly – the so-called deep state; the dynamics that allow for the management and resolution of intra-elite tensions and conflict, even if only partially, and facilitate intra-elite circulation and rotation; and, the state as an institutional venue for and a profitable source of rent-seeking.
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- Righteous PoliticsPower and Resilience in Iran, pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023