(DOWNLOAD) "Political Economy of Political Power of the Islamic Regime in Iran." by Journal of Third World Studies * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Political Economy of Political Power of the Islamic Regime in Iran.
- Author : Journal of Third World Studies
- Release Date : January 22, 2007
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 284 KB
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INTRODUCTION Democracy as a system of government is proclaimed to be superior to dictatorship. Since the collapse of the system in the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, people in all countries are converging on the ideal of democracy to improve economic performance of their country as well as to ameliorate the human and civil rights of the people. For more than a century, the people of Iran have struggled to establish a democratic system of government. The Constitutional Revolution of 1907 in Iran tried to replace absolute monarchial regime with constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, but it had limited success and a dictatorial monarchy was imposed. In the early 1950s a conflict emerged between nationalists, led by Prime Minister Mossaddegh, and monarchists, led by the Shah himself. The conflict concerned the extent of power and control exercised by the Shah and the royal family in the state's affairs and the nationalization of oil. In 1953 Mossaddegh was removed from power and arrested in an American CIA-engineered coup. Mossaddegh's overthrow occurred in part because he had nationalized British property. Iran's long border with the Soviet Union, which had an active Communist party, was considered to be in great danger of falling to communism. (1) With harsh repressive measures, the Shah was reinstalled. Soon, the Shah, through repression, established an absolute monarchy and controlled all the affairs of the country. (2)