Democracy in Iran: why it failed and how it might succeed

Part I. Introduction and theocracy: Iran's dilemma

Alternative routes to democracy: synthesizing structures and processes

Part II. Revolution and the political economy of theocracy: Ideologies, revolution, and the formation of theocracy

Politicizing the economy and declining performance

Failure to reform and return to repression

Part III. Challenges against the Islamic regime: Students: the vanguard of struggles for democracy

The rise and demise of the Green movement

Part IV. Irreconcilable conflicts

Why the movement failed

Irreconcilable conflicts and endless repression

The path forward.