Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran

While the Islamic Republic has employed various strategies to mitigate the worst excesses of inter-ethnic tension while still securing a Shi'a dominated "Persian hegemony," the systematic neglect of ethnic groups by both the Islamic Republic and its prede

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10.1057/9781137310873 - Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran, Alam Saleh

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Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran

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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1

Ethnic Conflict: Theories and Concepts

2

Continuity and Change: The Tradition of Security Discourse in Iran

25

3

Iran’s National Identity Problem

45

4

Ethnic Conflict in Iran: Continuity and Change

59

5

Relative Deprivation Theory and Political Violence in Iran

85

6

Ethnic Minorities in Iran: The View from the Ground

105

7

Separatism and the State’s Mechanism of Control

137

Con