Civil Society and Power Struggle in Iran: From Khatami to Ahmadinejad

Author: Dussadee Klinpho

"This research seeks to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between the state and the population, factional politics, and the power structure in Iran by using civil society as a conceptual tool and barometer to understand the complexity of Iran's hierarchical power structure and factionalism through a comparison of President Mohamma Khatami's and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's adminstrations."