TY - BOOK AU - Aarts,Paul AU - Al-Sayyid,Mustapha Kamel AU - Cavatorta,Francesco AU - Fathollah-Nejad,Ali AU - Haddad,Bassam AU - Honari,Ali AU - Jafari,Peyman AU - Kawakibi,Salam AU - Khatib,Line AU - Rivetti,Paola AU - Shaery-Eisenlohr,Roschanack TI - Civil Society in Syria and Iran: Activism in Authoritarian Contexts SN - 9781685850524 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Civil Society in Syria and Iran --; 2 Syria’s Civil Society as a Tool for Regime Legitimacy --; 3 Iran’s Civil Society Grappling with a Triangular Dynamic --; 4 Business Associations and the New Nexus of Power in Syria --; 5 The Ambiguous Role of Entrepreneurs in Iran --; 6 The Internet and Civil Activism in Syria --; 7 From Virtual to Tangible Social Movements in Iran --; 8 The Paradox of Government-Organized Civil Activism in Syria --; 9 Co-opting Civil Society Activism in Iran --; 10 Civil Society Activism in Authoritarian Regimes --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - Explores the nature of state–society relations in two countries that are experiencing popular demands for political pluralism amid the constraints of authoritarian retrenchment UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685850524 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685850524 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685850524/original ER -