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
Irreconcilable conflicts and endless repression