Human Rights and Agents of Change in Iran Towards a Theory of Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barlow, Rebecca (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Akbarzadeh, Shahram (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in Iranian Politics,
• Subjects: Middle East-Politics and government.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Human Rights.

This volume extends debates on the interaction between universal human rights and the political experiences of Iranians, through a conceptual analysis of 'theories of change'. It assesses the practical processes by which individuals, organizations and movements can reform or impact the str...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Top-down or bottom-up? Towards a theory of change for human rights practice in Iran
• 2. The 'inside-track' approach to change in Iran under President Rouhani: The case of freedom on the internet
• 3. Indigenising 'modernisation' in Iran
• 4. Iranian lawyers for human rights: The Defenders of Human Rights Center
• 5. Is grassroots justice a viable alternative to impunity? The case of the Iran People's Tribunal
• 6. Secular and Islamic feminist work to increase parliamentary representation in Iran: Towards an alliance?
• 7. Struggles for revival: The Iranian student movement under the 'moderate' government (2013-2017)
• 8. Environmental activism and social change in Iran
• 9. Ethnic minorities and the question of liberal multiculturalism in Iran
• 10. Intersecting issues and their implications for human right practice in Iran.