"How have Iran's political institutions evolved since the revolution? This book is first a study of the structure of Iran's political institutions, of their composition and function in theory; and second an analysis of their evolution in practice over the first forty years of the Islamic Republic regime"--.

• Cover
• Postrevolutionary Iran
• Postrevolutionary Iran: The Leader, the People, and the Three Powers
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures and Tables
  • Figures
  • Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • The Islamic Republic at Forty
  • 1979–1980: Initial Opening and Uncertainty
  • 1980–1988: The Iran-Iraq War, Khomeinism, and the One-Party State
  • 1989–1997: Post-Khomeini Politics and the Rafsanjani Era
  • 1997–2005: Khatami and the Politics of Reform
  • 2005–2013: The Conservative Resurgence and the Ahmadinejad Era
  • 2013–2018: Rouhani and the Promise of a New Path
  • 2018–2020: Reformism in Decline under “Maximum Pressure”
  • The Regime Change Argument
  • The Framework of the Book
  • Notes
• Part I The “Three Powers” in Principle and in Practice
• Chapter 1
• Executive Power
  • Clerical Debate
  • Supreme Leader
  • Assembly of Experts
  • The Presidency in Theory
  • The Presidency in Practice
  • After Khamenei? Institutional Change and the Prospect of the “Supreme Council” Model
  • Notes
• Chapter 2
• Legislative Power
  • The Legislature in Theory
  • Vox Populi and Vox Dei: Competing Notions of Sovereignty
  • The Legislature in Practice
  • Notes
• Chapter 3
• Judicial Power and the Mediating Councils
  • The Judiciary in Theory
  • The Judiciary in Practice
  • The Guardian and Expediency Councils
  • Capacity for Institutional Change?
  • Looking Ahead to Part 2
  • Notes
• Part II State and Society
• Chapter 4
• Military and Economic Power
  • Military
  • Iran’s Economic Power
  • Notes
• Chapter 5
• Social Movements
  • The Effective Number of Parties Measure
  • Movements
  • Summary of the Significance of Social Movements
  • Notes
• Chapter 6
• Public Attitudes and the Media
  • World Values Survey Data
  • Media
  • Case Study: Response to the United States’ Withdrawal from the JCPOA
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
  • Postrevolutionary Iran in Comparative Perspective
  • Final Remarks
  • Notes
• Appendix A
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Notes
• Appendix B
  • Futher Reading
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author