This thesis aims to understand how civil society developed and evolved in the
modern history of Iran and how it operates in the current day through the eyes of the
actors of this realm. The fieldwork of the study was conducted in Tehran in 2006.
This study, while questioning the liberal understanding of civil society, endeavours
to contemplate a consistent framework in which the Iranian civil society activities
could be located.
The Iranian case proved the existence of a vivid civil society despite a repressive
political climate. However, instead of comprehending the Iranian civil society as
constant or developing, this thesis showed that civil society is in fact evolving
according to the power relations between the state and civil society. In this sense,
Iranian civil society is neither weak or nor strong but rather its strength is changing
vis-à / -vis the relations with the Iranian state.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609610/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 May 2008 |
| Creators | Ozdemir Samur, Zelal |
| Contributors | Ergun, Ayca |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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