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Human Rights and Agents of Change in Iran : Towards a Theory of Change.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (234 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789811088247
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 323.0955
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Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Towards a Theory of Change for Human Rights Practice in Iran -- Conceptual Framework and Aims -- Top-Down/Inside-Track Approach: The Reform Movement (1997-2005) -- Objectives, Targets and Strategies -- Context and Constraints -- Failure to Restrategise and Ruptures in Key Relationships -- Lessons Learned -- Bottom-Up/Outside Track Approach: The One Million Signatures Campaign (2006-?) -- Objectives, Targets and Strategies -- Context and Constraints -- Leadership and Sequencing Problems -- Lessons Learned -- Conclusion -- Part II: Top-Down: The State and the Law as Entry Points for Change -- Chapter 2: The 'Inside-Track' Approach to Change in Iran Under President Rouhani: The Case of Freedom on the Internet -- A Theory of Change for 'Inside-Track' Reform in Iran: Kingdon's 'Multiple Streams' -- Reform in Iran Under President Hassan Rouhani 2013-2017 -- Freedom of Expression on the Internet in Iran -- The Case for Internet Reform in Iran: A Multiple Streams Analysis -- The Problem -- The Policy -- The Political Context -- In Search of a Policy Window: Internet Reform Under President Rouhani 2013-2017 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Indigenising 'Modernisation' in Iran -- Politics of Normalcy -- Rouhani's Brand -- The Pillars of Change in Iran -- Conclusion: Between Change and Continuity -- Chapter 4: Iranian Lawyers for Human Rights: The Defenders of Human Rights Center -- The Birth of the Defenders of Human Rights Center -- Objectives, Strategies and Constraints Faced by the DHRC -- Defending a Women's Rights Activist -- Forced Closure of the DHRC and Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers -- Conclusion -- Part III: Bottom-Up: The Grassroots as an Entry Point for Change.
Chapter 5: Is Grassroots Justice a Viable Alternative to Impunity? The Case of the Iran People's Tribunal -- Background: Iran's 'Bloody Decade' -- Context: Culture of Impunity -- The Campaign for Iran Tribunal: Targets and Objectives -- Strategies: Designing a People's Tribunal -- Phase One: The Truth Commission -- The Testimony of Mother Esmat -- Phase Two: The Tribunal -- The Power of Grassroots Justice -- Conclusion: Implications for Human Rights-Based Justice -- Chapter 6: Secular and Islamic Feminist Work to Increase Parliamentary Representation in Iran: Towards an Alliance? -- Context -- The Constraints of Working Inside and Outside the System -- Building Relationships Around Common Goals -- The Campaign to Change the Male Face of Parliament -- 1. Building Official Partnerships Across the Secular/Islamic Feminist Spectrum -- 2. Using Workshops to Develop a Set of Agreed-Upon Targets and Values for the Preselection of Common Candidates -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Struggles for Revival: The Iranian Student Movement under the 'Moderate' Government, 2013-2017 -- Theoretical Framework: Going Beyond 'Contentious Episodes' -- Context: The Student Movement in Iran -- External Structural Constraints -- Strategic Responses to External Constraints -- Internal Organisational Constraints -- Strategic Responses to Internal Constraints -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Environmentalism and Social Change in Iran -- Context -- Objectives, Strategies and Relationships: The Late 1990s to the Present -- Constraints -- Conclusion: Future Prospects -- Chapter 9: Ethnic Minorities and the Question of Liberal Multiculturalism in Iran -- Conceptual Framework: Kymlicka on Ethnocultural Justice and Minority Rights -- Context: Iranian Nationalists' Objection to the Idea of 'National Minorities'.
Strategy for Change? A Pro-integration Proposal to Accommodate Ethnic Diversity in Iran -- Conclusion -- Strategies -- Relationships -- Constraints -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Intersecting Issues and Their Implications for Human Rights Practice in Iran -- Top-Down: What Does and Doesn't Seem to Work Well When the State and the Law are the Entry Points for Change -- Bottom-Up: What Does and Doesn't Seem to Work Well When the Grassroots are the Entry Point for Change -- Strategies: Couple Values and Interests with Evidence, Research and Analysis -- Targets: Go beyond the 'Activist' Niche to Empower Everyday People in Everyday Life -- Roles and Relationships: Break Out of Silos and Build Common Ground -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Towards a Theory of Change for Human Rights Practice in Iran -- Conceptual Framework and Aims -- Top-Down/Inside-Track Approach: The Reform Movement (1997-2005) -- Objectives, Targets and Strategies -- Context and Constraints -- Failure to Restrategise and Ruptures in Key Relationships -- Lessons Learned -- Bottom-Up/Outside Track Approach: The One Million Signatures Campaign (2006-?) -- Objectives, Targets and Strategies -- Context and Constraints -- Leadership and Sequencing Problems -- Lessons Learned -- Conclusion -- Part II: Top-Down: The State and the Law as Entry Points for Change -- Chapter 2: The 'Inside-Track' Approach to Change in Iran Under President Rouhani: The Case of Freedom on the Internet -- A Theory of Change for 'Inside-Track' Reform in Iran: Kingdon's 'Multiple Streams' -- Reform in Iran Under President Hassan Rouhani 2013-2017 -- Freedom of Expression on the Internet in Iran -- The Case for Internet Reform in Iran: A Multiple Streams Analysis -- The Problem -- The Policy -- The Political Context -- In Search of a Policy Window: Internet Reform Under President Rouhani 2013-2017 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Indigenising 'Modernisation' in Iran -- Politics of Normalcy -- Rouhani's Brand -- The Pillars of Change in Iran -- Conclusion: Between Change and Continuity -- Chapter 4: Iranian Lawyers for Human Rights: The Defenders of Human Rights Center -- The Birth of the Defenders of Human Rights Center -- Objectives, Strategies and Constraints Faced by the DHRC -- Defending a Women's Rights Activist -- Forced Closure of the DHRC and Persecution of Human Rights Lawyers -- Conclusion -- Part III: Bottom-Up: The Grassroots as an Entry Point for Change.

Chapter 5: Is Grassroots Justice a Viable Alternative to Impunity? The Case of the Iran People's Tribunal -- Background: Iran's 'Bloody Decade' -- Context: Culture of Impunity -- The Campaign for Iran Tribunal: Targets and Objectives -- Strategies: Designing a People's Tribunal -- Phase One: The Truth Commission -- The Testimony of Mother Esmat -- Phase Two: The Tribunal -- The Power of Grassroots Justice -- Conclusion: Implications for Human Rights-Based Justice -- Chapter 6: Secular and Islamic Feminist Work to Increase Parliamentary Representation in Iran: Towards an Alliance? -- Context -- The Constraints of Working Inside and Outside the System -- Building Relationships Around Common Goals -- The Campaign to Change the Male Face of Parliament -- 1. Building Official Partnerships Across the Secular/Islamic Feminist Spectrum -- 2. Using Workshops to Develop a Set of Agreed-Upon Targets and Values for the Preselection of Common Candidates -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Struggles for Revival: The Iranian Student Movement under the 'Moderate' Government, 2013-2017 -- Theoretical Framework: Going Beyond 'Contentious Episodes' -- Context: The Student Movement in Iran -- External Structural Constraints -- Strategic Responses to External Constraints -- Internal Organisational Constraints -- Strategic Responses to Internal Constraints -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Environmentalism and Social Change in Iran -- Context -- Objectives, Strategies and Relationships: The Late 1990s to the Present -- Constraints -- Conclusion: Future Prospects -- Chapter 9: Ethnic Minorities and the Question of Liberal Multiculturalism in Iran -- Conceptual Framework: Kymlicka on Ethnocultural Justice and Minority Rights -- Context: Iranian Nationalists' Objection to the Idea of 'National Minorities'.

Strategy for Change? A Pro-integration Proposal to Accommodate Ethnic Diversity in Iran -- Conclusion -- Strategies -- Relationships -- Constraints -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Intersecting Issues and Their Implications for Human Rights Practice in Iran -- Top-Down: What Does and Doesn't Seem to Work Well When the State and the Law are the Entry Points for Change -- Bottom-Up: What Does and Doesn't Seem to Work Well When the Grassroots are the Entry Point for Change -- Strategies: Couple Values and Interests with Evidence, Research and Analysis -- Targets: Go beyond the 'Activist' Niche to Empower Everyday People in Everyday Life -- Roles and Relationships: Break Out of Silos and Build Common Ground -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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