Lezing/college: Revolution and Constitution in Iran, Egypt and Tunesia

The recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, and the Iranian 1979 revolution all produced new constitutions which show significant differences. In this lecture Saïd Amir Arjomand analyses the constitution-making processes of these three countries and explains their different outcomes. Saïd Amir Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York and Director of the Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies. He is the founder and President (1996-2002, 2005-08) of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, and Editor of its organ, Journal of Persianate Studies.

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