Power, Islam, and Political Elite in Iran

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Power, Islam, and Political Elite in Iran is written by Eva Rakel and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9047425081 (ISBN 10) and 9789047425083 (ISBN 13).

The Iranian Islamic revolution brought about a political system based on a combination of state institutions that derive their legitimacy from Islamic law and republican institutions legitimized by the people. As there are no legal political parties in the Islamic Republic of Iran, political factions represent the varying ideological and material interests of members of the political elite and their supporters. This book analyzes the rivalries between the political factions and their related state institutions and the impact of the dynamics of factionalism on domestic (economic and socio-cultural) and foreign policy formulation. It shows that tensions inherent to the structure of state institutions and factional rivalries slow down the process of democratization and economic reforms in the Islamic Republic of Iran.