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Understanding Iran's New Authoritarianism
- The Washington Quarterly
- The MIT Press
- Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2006-07
- pp. 163-179
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Iran is undergoing a gradual regime change today, but not toward democratization. Strengthened by the surprising stability of its political economy, a new generation in Tehran is beginning to shift from the existing clerical theocracy toward a more conventional authoritarian regime.