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The Political Economy of a Semi-industrialized Theocratic State: The Islamic Republic of Iran

In: The Political Economy of Theocracy

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  • Frederic L. Pryor

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Iran has been the only long-lasting, semi-industrialized theocratic state in world history.l This chapter uses the case of Iran to explore three propositions: in major respects the government of a semi-industrialized theocracy is essentially similar to a secular dictatorship, even though its social goals may differ; the government’s institutional and economic policy innovations have been primarily guided, not by Islamic economic doctrines, but by the desire of the top religious leaders to maintain the political power of the clergy over the nation; and the most important unique feature is the guiding of political and economic affairs by dual governmental and clerical hierarchies, which are overlapping and have conflicting interests.

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  • Frederic L. Pryor, 2009. "The Political Economy of a Semi-industrialized Theocratic State: The Islamic Republic of Iran," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Mario Ferrero & Ronald Wintrobe (ed.), The Political Economy of Theocracy, chapter 11, pages 243-270, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62006-3_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230620063_12
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