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Iran is More Than Persia : Ethnic Politics in Iran / Brenda Shaffer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 153 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110796216
  • 9783110796384
  • 9783110796339
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.800955
LOC classification:
  • DS268 .S43 2023
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demography and Geography -- 3 The Islamic Republic’s Policies Toward Ethnic Minorities -- 4 Ethnic Activity -- 5 The Mainstream Opposition’s View on Ethnic Minority Rights -- 6 Iran’s Foreign Policy: The Domestic Ethnic Factor -- 7 The Future: Impact on Regime Stability -- Appendix: Notes on Transliteration and Terms
Summary: Iran is More than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran analyses Iranian politics from a unique perspective, one that focuses on the relations between the Persian-dominated Iranian state and the country’s ethnic minorities. The book explores the stability of the ruling regime in light of the challenges that multiethnicity brings. Persians comprise less than half of the population of Iran and more than 40 percent of Iranians lack fluency in the Persian language. An overwhelming majority of non-Persian groups inhabit most of Iran’s border regions; as such the book explores Iran’s foreign policy toward neighboring states that share co-ethnic populations. Iran’s ethnic minorities inhabit the state’s poorest provinces and the country’s growing environmental and water supply challenges hit the ethnic minority provinces harder than the Persian center, adding an ominous ethnic character to what are often presented as purely environmental or economic challenges. The book further examines the potential impact of ethnic based unrest in Khuzestan on Iran’s oil production, Iran’s main oil producing region. Drawing on a rich assortment of primary data and interviews, this book offers unparalled insights into ethnic politics in Iran. It will be of interest to upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates, researchers and professionals interested in the Middle East, international relations, and ethnic studies.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demography and Geography -- 3 The Islamic Republic’s Policies Toward Ethnic Minorities -- 4 Ethnic Activity -- 5 The Mainstream Opposition’s View on Ethnic Minority Rights -- 6 Iran’s Foreign Policy: The Domestic Ethnic Factor -- 7 The Future: Impact on Regime Stability -- Appendix: Notes on Transliteration and Terms

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Iran is More than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran analyses Iranian politics from a unique perspective, one that focuses on the relations between the Persian-dominated Iranian state and the country’s ethnic minorities. The book explores the stability of the ruling regime in light of the challenges that multiethnicity brings. Persians comprise less than half of the population of Iran and more than 40 percent of Iranians lack fluency in the Persian language. An overwhelming majority of non-Persian groups inhabit most of Iran’s border regions; as such the book explores Iran’s foreign policy toward neighboring states that share co-ethnic populations. Iran’s ethnic minorities inhabit the state’s poorest provinces and the country’s growing environmental and water supply challenges hit the ethnic minority provinces harder than the Persian center, adding an ominous ethnic character to what are often presented as purely environmental or economic challenges. The book further examines the potential impact of ethnic based unrest in Khuzestan on Iran’s oil production, Iran’s main oil producing region. Drawing on a rich assortment of primary data and interviews, this book offers unparalled insights into ethnic politics in Iran. It will be of interest to upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates, researchers and professionals interested in the Middle East, international relations, and ethnic studies.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)