Political Elite of Iran

Zonis, Marvin

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“…This article examines the Islamic Republic of Iran, born out of the 1978–1979 revolution that led to the dismantling of political, institutional, and social structures of the Pahlavi regime (1925–1979). The revolution fundamentally sought to reshape the Pahlavi's elitist (Zonis, 1971) and centralized state bureaucracy to the benefit of lower‐middle classes of all provinces (Ehsani, 2009). Iran's swift revolutionary sequence and international isolation—thus policymaking sovereignty—eases the isolation of variables that frame the emergence and reconfiguration of public service bargains.…”

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“…Former civil servants indeed constituted a narrow and powerful elite who entertained patrimonial ties with the Shāh (Farazmand, 1989) and symbolized a highly centralized and expanding state power. In the late 19 th century, the establishment of centralized bureaucratic recruitment and European‐inspired universities to train administrative elites further restricted access to bureaucratic posts, as higher education was limited to an exclusive elite (Zonis, 1971). 4…”

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Negotiating public service bargains in postrevolutionary times: The case of Iran's diplomatic corps

Beaud

2022

Governance

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New political regimes stemming from revolutions eventually find themselves confronted with the imperative to build upper bureaucratic apparatuses geared towards facilitating regime stability. This article examines the process of "re-bureaucratization" in the Islamic Republic of Iran, whereby institutions are designed and reworked over time to accommodate distinct features of the reshuffled bureaucratic elite initially incongruous in a deregulated revolutionary environment. Precisely, it examines state institutions established to recruit and train postrevolutionary Iranian diplomats following the purges of state bureaucracies. Relying on qualitative and quantitative data, the article shows how such institutions allowed to outstrip loyalty-driven politico-administrative arrangements that are essentially short-sighted, as once their aim fulfilled-asserting regime elites' control over the state-, they channel policy-making deficiency.Conversely, their very designs craft a "Public Service Bargain" that concomitantly fosters diplomats' loyalty, expertise, and representativeness-which, for to the revolutionary canon, commingles diplomats' plebeianization and provincialization-into stabilized institutional arrangements.

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Section: Conceptual Framework and Methodologymentioning

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Negotiating public service bargains in postrevolutionary times: The case of Iran's diplomatic corps

Beaud

2022

Governance

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“…Важнейшим из исследований элиты до Исламской революции является работа Марвина Зониса, посвященная формальной структуре и ценностям высшей элиты страны. В ней он фиксирует высокий уровень цинизма и политической подконтрольности элиты шаху (Zonis, 1976).…”

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Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Socio-Demographic and Political Recruitment Factors (1983-2024)

Vas'kin

2024

RSR

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The article analyses the socio-demographic and political recruitment factors for the Assembly of Experts of Iran from 1983-2024. The Assembly is an electoral college that has constitutional control over the Supreme Leader of Iran, but does not use its powers. The database comprises 446 observations related to 216 persons during 5 Assemblies since 1983. The research method is a structural-biographical analysis. The results of the research show that the Iranian clergy in the Assembly is relatively stable. However, it changes in the national context regarding the political struggle and the massification of higher education. The effect of political struggle demonstrates the expansion of the share of moderate and reformist clergy, which contrasts with the early domination of the conservative faction only. The share of incumbents is quite high, too: approximately half of the Assembly members have been elected at least twice since the second Assembly; approximately a third of them have been elected at least thrice since the third assembly. The educational clerical origin refers to the seminaries of Qom and Najaf, with the minority from the seminary of Mashhad. Secular education also expands among them, achieving 20% for the fifth Assembly. The most frequent specializations received in secular institutions are law, philosophy, and theology. More than half of the members of the Assembly originate from 9 of 31 provinces only, which may be explained by the patrimonial connections of the Assembly`s leadership.

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“…In turn, they receive privileges, tenure and continuity in office, and opportunities for financial and political gains. They form the "second stratum elites" (for more on this concept, see Zonis, 1975;Farazmand, 1989: pp. 21-27) whose mandate is to translate the dictates and wishes of the powerful corporate elites into operational reality.…”

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Globalization, Privatization and the Future of Modern Governance: A Critical Assessment

Farazmand

2002

Public Finance and Management

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There is a close but hitherto little-studied relationship between globalization and privatization. This article explores the connection between them from a political economy viewpoint. on globalization, it identifies several theoretical approaches to understanding the phenomenon, notes the various ways in which the word is used, and considers causes and consequences. in exploring the connection with privatization, it is essentially concerned to view the privatizations of the later 20th century as a strategic instrument of the globalization of capital, and a number of reasons are advanced to support this view. the article then looks at the implications of what has gone before for the education of public managers, which has also reflected these late 20th century tendencies. It seeks a reorientation of such education, as we move into a new century, to restore the spirit of public administration as an agent of “public trust”.

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Political Elite of Iran

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Negotiating public service bargains in postrevolutionary times: The case of Iran's diplomatic corps

Negotiating public service bargains in postrevolutionary times: The case of Iran's diplomatic corps

Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Socio-Demographic and Political Recruitment Factors (1983-2024)

Globalization, Privatization and the Future of Modern Governance: A Critical Assessment

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