Gheissari, Ali, <br/><br/>
Democracy in Iran: history and the quest for liberty / 
Ali Gheissari, Vali Nasr. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2006. 
 - xvii, 214 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. Rise of the state -- Democracy or state-building?, 1906-1941 -- The triumph of the state,1941-1979 -- Part 2. The crucible of the revolution -- Revolution and war fundamentalism, 1979-1989 -- An Islamic developmental state?, 1989-1997 -- State and limits to democracy, 1997-2005 -- Epilogue: prospects for a democratic state -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195189671 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195189674 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy--Iran.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Iran--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>955.05  / GHE/D