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Ali Akbar Mahdi

Ali Akbar Mahdi is professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. Among his books are Sociology in Iran (1992, with A Lahsaeizadeh), and Iranian Culture, Civil Society, and Concern for Democracy (1998). His homepage is here.

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Iran's reformers: a future that works

The details of Iran’s presidential election result reveal a more complex picture than at first appeared, and a more hopeful one for democratic reformers. But to meet the challenge, they must break historic patterns and be prepared to change, says Ali Akbar Mahdi.