@misc{Tavassoli2004,
  author    = {Tavassoli, Gholam-Abbas},
  title     = {Islamic movements in Iran},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9699},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {The modernist Islamic Movement sought to reconcile modern values and Islamic faith and attempted to express these values through an Islamic discourse and to reform political, religious and educational institutions along modernist lines. However, such a movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran raised controversy among the traditional leadership and secular intellectual groups. The aim of this paper is to discuss how far modernist Islam could progress in an islamic republic with an old tradition.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Zapf2004,
  author    = {Zapf, Wolfgang},
  title     = {Modernization theory - in the non-western world},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47181},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {The article starts with an overview of modernization theories, its history of ups and downs as well as its present status. This first part is followed by an analysis of basic social structure distributions and trends in human development in selected countries. One major focal point of the paper is the Non-Western world and the Arab countries, in particular. The author looks at modernization and modernity in that region and comes to the conclusion that the Western world can no longer expect to be able to simply export its own values and its way of life to the rest of the world.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Nateghpour2004,
  author    = {Nateghpour, Mohamad Javad},
  title     = {Islamic councils and social democracy in Iran},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47145},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {For the first time when the new Islamic councils began their Operation, many intellectuals and politicians proclaimed that there would be no room for the young Islamic councils to proceed. In political terms, because of the new challenges between the rightists and leftists, many people had no hope to see the results of the councils. Still others believed that under the dominating ruling system of Iran there is no space for public opinion and participation in local decision-making. This paper focuses on the role of the Islamic Councils as a new form of social democracy, which decentralizes power and creates good local governance. The paper also discusses the obstacles for the Councils in the development of the region.},
  language  = {en}
}