Iran Encountering Globalization: Problems and Prospects

This text examines the current state of Iran, looking at a wide range of areas including the economy, finance, politics, the media, the position of women and migration. The book discusses the uneasy balance between the theocratic conservatism, modernisation and globalization, concluding that forces for change in Iran are building up.

About the Author

Ali Mohammadi was formerly Reader in International Communication and Cultural Studies at the Nottingham Trent University. His recent publications are Globalization and Recolonization: The Muslim World in the 21st Century, with Muhammed Ahsan (Taha, 2002), Iran and Eurasia, co-edited with A. Ehteshami (Ithaca Press, 2000), International Communication and Globalization: A Critical Introduction (Sage, 1997) and 'Electronic Empires: An Islamic Perspective', in Electronic Empires (Arnold, 1998).