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Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity (Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies) - Softcover

Khiabany, Gholam

 
9780415845359: Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity (Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415845351 ISBN 13: 9780415845359
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

The post-revolutionary state in Iran has tried to amalgamate ‘Sharia with electricity’ and modernity with what it considers as ‘Islam’. While sympathetic to private capital, through quasi anti-capitalist politics, the state began to restrict market-relations, confiscate major assets of sections of the Iranian bourgeoisie, and nationalize major aspects of Iran’s industry, including its communications system. Since the end of war with Iraq and the start of the process of ‘reconstruction’, market-driven development and economic policies have been key aims of the state.

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About the Author

Gholam Khiabany teaches in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University, and is the author (with Annabelle Sreberny) of Blogestan: The Internet and Politics in Iran.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415845351
ISBN 13 
9780415845359
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264