POL SCI 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Iranian Revolution, White Revolution, Islamism
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The shah in iran: corruption with oil wealth plagued government, american ally, white revolution. Political system post revolution: theocracy, shiite clergy have a divine right to govern, qualified interpretors of god"s will, chief cleric or supreme leader , democratic tendencies. Constitution recognizes the principles of popular sovereignty. Pre-islamic notion of iranian identity centered on nationalism. Safavid dynasty declared shia islam as the state religion. Turkey: 99% muslim country, original home of ottoman empire, turkish democracy matures (?) A system in which one political party has successively won elections and whose defeat is unlikely. Talias are the convertors of jahili society to an islamic society. Conservative islam: a type of islam that tries to gain appeal by telling the value of social and family order and tries to make these into law. Radical islam: political islam that uses direct methods to force islam on people.
