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The Evolution of Scholarship on Middle East Authoritarianism: Essentialism, Democratization, and Resilience - Middle East Authoritarianisms: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran, Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders (eds.), Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8047-8301-9 (hbk), xi + 292 pp. - Civil Society in Syria and Iran: Activism in Authoritarian Contexts, Paul Aarts and Francesco Cavatorta (eds.), Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013, ISBN 978-1-5882-6881-5 (pbk), 259 pp.

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Middle East Authoritarianisms: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran, Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders (eds.), Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8047-8301-9 (hbk), xi + 292 pp.
Civil Society in Syria and Iran: Activism in Authoritarian Contexts, Paul Aarts and Francesco Cavatorta (eds.), Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013, ISBN 978-1-5882-6881-5 (pbk), 259 pp.

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Eric Lob
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Iranian Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 3: The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi as World Literature , May 2015 , pp. 489 - 499
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