Author/Authors :
ÜŞENMEZ, Özgür Marmara Üniversitesi - Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi - İngilizce Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
IRAN AND REGIME STABILITY
Abstract :
This article argues that contrary to the expectations of the Western World, Iranian regime successfully resisted the revolutionary tides of the Arab Spring. Most important determinant of this process for Iran was the legacy of the 1979 revolution and it s associated structures that relatively protects the most vulnerable parts of the population against the wide spread neo-liberal economic policies in the Middle East. So with that feature Iran differs from the Tunisian and the Egyptian examples. In order to understand these features further this essay adapts a historical analysis of changes in hegemonic blocs in Iran since 1979.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Iran , Arab Spring , Hegemony , Political Economy , Islam
JournalTitle :
dokuz eylul university the journal of graduate school of social sciences
