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 minorit...

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Main Authors: Khorshidi, Majid, Zoeram, Vahid Amani, Lee, Yok Fee, Jawan, Jayum
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22600/
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author Khorshidi, Majid
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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-226002015-09-22T02:42:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22600/ Politics of ethnic participation during Khatami's presidency in Iran (1997-2004) Khorshidi, Majid Zoeram, Vahid Amani Lee, Yok 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 application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22600/1/Politics%20of%20ethnic%20participation%20during%20Khatami.pdf Khorshidi, Majid and Zoeram, Vahid Amani and Lee, Yok 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; ESSN: 1923-6697 http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/j.css.1923669720110704.088 10.3968%2Fj.css.1923669720110704.088
spellingShingle Khorshidi, Majid
Zoeram, Vahid Amani
Lee, Yok 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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