Contested Notions of National Identity, Ethnic Movements And Democratization in Iran

Since the Constitutional Revolution of 1906, successive regimes in Iran promoted competing conceptions of Iranian national identity. However, the policy of promoting nationalism as a state-sponsored ideology that excludes Iran’s ethnic and religious diversity remained unchanged. Competing discourses...

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Main Author: Ozum Yesiltas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tallinn University 2016-07-01
Series:Studies of Transition States and Societies
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Online Access:http://publications.tlu.ee/index.php/stss/article/view/255/228