Iranian networking; its history, social and political implications in modern era

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24310190
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGISHI Tomoko 明治大学, 政治経済学部, 教授 (50272480)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 黒田 卓 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 教授 (70195593) ; 吉村 慎太郎 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 教授 (40220735) ; 松永 泰行 東京外国語大学, その他部局等, 教授 (20328678)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SAKURAI Keiko 早稲田大学, 国際教養学術院, 教授 (70235216)
• Research Collaborator: SUZUKI Yuko ; FAKHREJAHANI Arezoo ; KOO Gi Yeon
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: イラン / ネットワーク / グローバル / 市民運動 / 国際関係 / 近代史 / インターネット / イスラーム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

(1)Conditions for a wide-participation in the so-called "Green Movement" in Iran 2009 were examined as follows: (a)Geopolitical circumstances caused modern Iran to respond to harsh international politics;(b)Persian-reading intelligentsia's network beyond borders contributed to the understanding and spread of modernity; (c)Ethnic and vocational ties affect today's economy and military actions, such as Azeris' network and the Revolutionary Guards; (d)Modernization policies of economy, urbanization, progress in traffic and mass media, and others changed the very base of social networking, so to change tribal society, to bring about youths' new types of sociability, to develop NGOs, etc; (e)Development of ICT also contributes to the networking of Iranian migrants living abroad.
(2) The characteristics figured out (above points) are also thought to enable a turnaround in 2013 Presidential election in pursuit of more moderate policies to evade animosity.

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