2_The Islamic Republic of Iran

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2_The Islamic Republic of Iran
  1. Sovereignty,Authority, Power
    1. (1) Persians generally united sovereignly under different regimes
      1. (2) Iran legitimancy comes from the Islamic Revolution and Constitution produced by it.
      2. (3) Country United by revolution leader Ayatollah Khomeini
        1. (4) Post Khomeini = Iran's political procceses turning more institutionalized - theocratic institutions of leadership above elected republican institutions
          1. Components of Political Culture
            1. AUTHORITARIAN NOT TOTALITARIAN (remember uprising under shah actions)
              1. SHARI'AH LAW (Legal system based on Islamic principles emphasis on Quran- governs politics,economics, society- since revolution has functioned as the supreme law of Iran)
                1. WEST VS EAST(positioned as a middle eastern power resistant to western influence throughout history
                  1. UNION OF POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP (Islam replaced zoroastrianism in persia and since then tied to the country's history/ is a bond of unifiing society)
                  2. Geographic Influences on Political Culture
                    1. Located on massive plateau- higher than its neighbors
                      1. Little arable land (explains conquering in Persian history
                        1. Sovereignty was never under European Colonialism
                      2. Political/Economic Change
                        1. Citizens/Society/State
                          1. Political Institutions
                            1. Public Policy
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