In recent years, the sociological exploration of Shi'ism has received more attention in Iran. The book Topics in the Sociology of Shi'ism in Iran, edited by the Sociology of Shi'ism Research Group (SSRG), represents a noteworthy…
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Setting aside the scattered early research efforts of the beginning of the 20th century, sociology in Iran has a seventy-year history during which many of its scholars have sought to create a space for articulating and explaining social…
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Underground: The Secret Life of Videocassettes in Iran (2021) offers an insightful exploration of the role videocassettes played in shaping the cultural and media landscape of post-revolutionary Iran. Spanning the years between the 1983 ban…
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The adoption of an institutional model for environmental policymaking during the second Pahlavi era, which prioritized government institutions in addressing environmental issues and problems, ultimately proved ineffective...
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Is there such a thing as a universal policy for women’s empowerment (or disempowerment)? Can there be a fixed response among gender advocates to any specific policy? The long international history of state and society involvement in…
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