Democratization, Postrevivalist Islamism, and Path Dependence in the Islamic Republic of Iran

• Project/Area Number: 26380163
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Matsunaga Yasuyuki 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (20328678)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 権威主義体制 / 競合的選挙 / 民主化 / イラン / イスラーム革命 / イデオロギー / ホメイニズム / 体制の持続 / 改革運動 / 新制度論 / ホメイニー / 党派政治

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Drawing on a variety of Persian-language primary data and field research, I examined the origins, and implications for democratization, of a particular brand of competitive authoritarianism that has emerged in the Islamic Republic of Iran since the early 1990s. I published the main findings of the research as a book chapter titled “Institutional oppression and the electorate: competitive elections as a result of transgressive contentious politics” in 2016.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] “(Theological and Institutional Soul-searching Aside) Will Re-problematizing Iran’s Islamic State a la ‘Religious Secularity’ Require Another Islamic State?” (2017)
  • Author(s): Matsunaga, Yasuyuki
  • Journal Title: Journal of Religious and Political Practice Volume: 3(1-2) Issue: 1-2 Pages: 84-87
  • DOI: 10.1080/20566093.2017.1292173
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] イランの核合意・制裁解除―その意義、背景と余波 (2016)
  • Author(s): 松永泰行
  • Journal Title: 歴史学研究 Volume: 948
  • NAID: 40020934879
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 「イランにおける制度的弾圧と一般国民―抑圧的体制下の争議政治としての競合的選挙―」 (2016)
  • Author(s): 松永泰行
  • Journal Title: 酒井啓子（編）『途上国における軍・政治権力・市民社会―21世紀の「新しい」政軍関係―』 Volume: 1 Pages: 262-279
• [Journal Article] 「あの「聖なる防衛」をもう一度か？―イラン・イスラーム革命防衛隊のイラクの対「イスラーム国」戦争支援の背景」 (2015)
  • Author(s): 松永泰行
  • Journal Title: 『中東研究』 Volume: 524号 Pages: 64-75
  • NAID: 40020604723
• [Presentation] “Reconciling Islamic Constitutionalism with Pragmatic Governance: What Does the Iranian Experience Offer?” (2017)
  • Author(s): Matsunaga, Yasuyuki
  • Organizer: The Arab Association of Constitutional Law
  • Place of Presentation: Tunis, Tunisia
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] “Religion, Violence, and the Politics of Sanctified Punishment: A Case of Iran’s Islamic State” (2016)
  • Author(s): Matsunaga, Yasuyuki
  • Organizer: American Sociological Association
  • Place of Presentation: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] "Subversive Electorate and Unwilling Agents:The Institutional Origins of Competitive Elections and Non-Reform Outcome in Iran" (2015)
  • Author(s): Matsunaga, Yasuyuki
  • Organizer: TUFS-PCS Workshop on Politics, Religion, and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-20
• [Presentation] “Khomeinism: the Non-Obvious Constraints on Political Reform in Iran” (2015)
  • Author(s): Matsunaga, Yasuyuki
  • Organizer: Cultures of Freedom and Contending Visions of Justice and Governance in the Muslim World Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-09
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 革命の改革、革命への抵抗: イラン革命と経路依存 (2014)
  • Author(s): 松永泰行
  • Organizer: 日本中東学会 公開講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京（東京大学）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-02
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 「遺産」としてのホメイニズム再考 (2014)
  • Author(s): 松永泰行
  • Organizer: 日本オリエント学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京（上智大学）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-26
• [Book] Between Dissent and Power: The Transformation of Islamic Politics in the Middle East and Asia (Chapter 4 “Islamic Dissent in Iran’s Full-fledged Islamic Revolutionary State," 66-88頁を分担執筆） (2014)
  • Author(s): Yasuyuki Matsunaga (Khoo Boo Teik et al. eds.)
  • Total Pages: 282
  • Publisher: Palgrave- Macmillan
• [Book] 『「イスラーム国」の脅威とイラク』（第7章「シーア派イスラーム革命体制としてのイランの利害と介入の範囲」（247-265頁）を分担執筆） (2014)
  • Author(s): 松永泰行（吉岡明子・山尾大（編））
  • Total Pages: 290
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
• [Remarks] Matsunaga, Yasuyuki
  • URL: http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ts/personal/matsunaga/
• [Funded Workshop] TUFS-PCS Workshop on Politics, Religion, and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa (2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-20