From Secular Monarchy to Islamic Republic
Required Readings
- Mark Gasiorowski, “Islamic Republic of Iran,” in Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Boulder, Co: Westview, 2017: pp. 271-306.
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Recommended Reading
- Saïd Amir Arjomand, “The Rise and Fall of President Khatami and the Reform Movement in Iran,” Constellations 12.4 (2005): pp. 502-520.
- Kaveh Ehsani, Arang Keshavarzian, Norma Claire Moruzzi, “Tehran, June 2009,” Middle East Research and Information Project ,2009. (Links to an external site.) https://www.merip.org/mero/mero062809
Write a one-page paper summarizing the readings, articles or report. Students should analyze by answering one or more of the following questions:
- How significant is the question?
- How convincing or persuasive is the argument?
- Is there a different methodology the author could have used?
- How logical are the causes and outcomes behind the argument?
- Is the empirical evidence and methodology sound, why or why not? Are there alternative explanations the author could have considered?
- What solutions does the reading propose to solve a specific issue and do you agree with them and have others to propose?