Iran in the 21st century : politics, economics and conflict /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Iran in the 21st century : politics, economics, and conflict / Homa Katouzian and Hossein Shahidi -- Crafting a national identity amidst contentious politics in contemporary Iran / Farideh Farhi -- The dilemma of national interest in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Hamid Ahmadi -- From multilingual empire to contested modern state / Touraj Atabaki -- Dissent -- Three faces of dissent : cognitive, expressive and traditionalist discourses of discontent in contemporary Iran / Mahmood Sadri and Ahmad Sadri -- From motherhood to equal rights advocates : the weakening of patriarchal order / Azadeh Kian-Thiébaut -- Iran and the United States in the shadow of 9/11 : Persia and the Persian question revisited / Ali M. Ansari -- A look to the north : opportunities and challenges / Farhad Atai -- Israel-Iranian relations assessed : strategic competition from the power cycle perspective / Trita Parsi -- Nuclear policy and international relations / Saideh Lotfian -- A case for sustainable development of nuclear energy and a brief account of Iran's nuclear program / Mehdi Askarieh -- Managing oil resources and economic diversification in Iran / Massoud Karshenas and Hassan Hakimian -- Capital accumulation, financial market reform and growth in Iran : past experience and future prospects / Ahmad R. Jalali-Naini -- Human resources in Iran : potentials and challenges / Djavad Salehi-Isfahni -- The significance of economic history, and the fundamental features of the economic history of Iran / Homa Katouzian.

This book examines Iran and its position in the contemporary world. It contains chapters on social developments in the country including gender relations, contemporary politics, international relations, relations with the US and Israel, nuclear weapons and energy programmes, oil and the development of the economy.