ABSTRACT
During recent years, the topic of participation has increasingly been gaining importance in Iran – in the scientific field, in practice and rhetoric. However, in current scientific literature – and especially in English literature – there is little knowledge on the conditions, legal background, perceptions, experiences and processes of citizens’ participation in Iran.
This book aims to shed light on the paradoxical question of participation in Iran: it is old and new, dysfunctioning and functioning, disappointing and promising. This slippery status of participation convinces scholars to suggest contradictory interpretations and understandings about the existence, functionality, and potentiality of this concept. The book therefore shows the different perspectives, interpretations, historical developments and case studies of participation in Iran, thus giving the reader a kaleidoscope view on the question of participation in Iran.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
Participatory framework
chapter 3|19 pages
Historical obstacles preventing public participation in Iran
part II|139 pages
Participative methods and instruments
chapter 6|14 pages
Urban regeneration policy in Iran
chapter 7|24 pages
‘School Mayors of Iran’ – a project for social participation in urban life
chapter 8|19 pages
A citizens’ exhibition in Hashtgerd New Town
part III|40 pages
Perspectives of different stakeholders
chapter 12|40 pages
Promoting public participation and climate change consideration in local government
part IV|77 pages
Local case studies