JIRA Vol. 16.1 April 2000

Table of Content

A: The 6th Majles Election

Gholamreza Vatandoust: "President Khatami and The Sixth Majles: Prospects and Expectations"

Siamak Namazi: "The 6^th Majlis Elections in Iran: What Happened and What Can we Expect"

Ali Mohammadi: "Sixth Majles Election in Iran: Methods and Tactics"

Fariborz Raisdana: "The Composition and Capabilities of the Sixth Majles"

B: Other Articles

Mahmood Monshipouri and Shadi Mokhtari: "Islamism, Cultural Relativism, and Universal Rights"

Reza Afshari: "Civil Society and Human Rights in Iran: A Review Essay"

Maryam H Panah: State and Society in the Islamic Republic: the impact of post-evolutionary war"

Nicholas Daniloff: "Dancing with the Enemy"

Nader Entessar: "Whither Iranian-Turkish Relations?"

Kamran M. Dadkhah and Hamid Zangeneh: The Straw That Could Break the Camel’s Back: An Economic Analysis of Subsidies in the Iranian Economy

C: Book Reviews

Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the 20th Century (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998).

Khair al-Din Haseeb, (Editor), Arab-Iranian Relations. Beirut: Centre for Arab Unity Studies, 1998. Pp xiv+564, cloth.

Richard G. Hovanasian and Georges Sabagh (Editors). The Persian Presence in the Islamic World. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp xii+267, Cloth.

John Foran, editor, Theorizing Revolutions, London and New York: Routledge, 1997.

D: Notes and Queries