Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004)
Political participation is considered the most effective instrument for preserving citizens' freedom and rights in modern governments. Moreover, Political participation, as one of the aspects of social participation plays undoubtedly a prominent role in decreasing discrimination against mi...
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| author | Korshidi, Majid Zoram, Vahid Amani Lee, Yoke Fee Jawan, Jayum |
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| description | Political participation is considered the most effective
instrument for preserving citizens' freedom and rights in
modern governments. Moreover, Political participation,
as one of the aspects of social participation plays
undoubtedly a prominent role in decreasing discrimination
against minorities in the contemporary democratic
societies. The reformist administration which governed
Iran for eight years (1997-2004) and was established on
(ex) president Khatami’s ideas and was headed by him,
managed some steps toward promoting democracy in Iran.
Beside its nation-wide efforts, the administration had its
specific ethnic diversity management which encouraged
the ethnic groups’ social as well as political participation.
Through analysing the data collected by several in-depth
interviews with the Iranian elites, this research minds to
explore Khatami’s administration policies in the field of
promoting ethnic groups participation. Collected data
emphasizes on relative success of the administration
achieving its aims |
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| spelling | upm-1188402025-08-14T08:59:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118840/ Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004) Korshidi, Majid Zoram, Vahid Amani Lee, Yoke Fee Jawan, Jayum Political participation is considered the most effective instrument for preserving citizens' freedom and rights in modern governments. Moreover, Political participation, as one of the aspects of social participation plays undoubtedly a prominent role in decreasing discrimination against minorities in the contemporary democratic societies. The reformist administration which governed Iran for eight years (1997-2004) and was established on (ex) president Khatami’s ideas and was headed by him, managed some steps toward promoting democracy in Iran. Beside its nation-wide efforts, the administration had its specific ethnic diversity management which encouraged the ethnic groups’ social as well as political participation. Through analysing the data collected by several in-depth interviews with the Iranian elites, this research minds to explore Khatami’s administration policies in the field of promoting ethnic groups participation. Collected data emphasizes on relative success of the administration achieving its aims Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118840/1/118840.pdf Korshidi, Majid and Zoram, Vahid Amani and Lee, Yoke Fee and Jawan, Jayum (2011) Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004). Canadian Social Science, 7 (4). pp. 144-153. ISSN 1712-8056; eISSN: 1923-6697 http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/1823 10.3968/j.css.1923669720110704.088 |
| spellingShingle | Korshidi, Majid Zoram, Vahid Amani Lee, Yoke Fee Jawan, Jayum Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004) |
| title | Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004) |
| title_full | Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004) |
| title_fullStr | Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004) |
| title_short | Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami’s presidency in Iran (1997-2004) |
| title_sort | politics of ethnic participation during khatami’s presidency in iran (1997-2004) |
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