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100			_aAfshar, Haleh
245			_aCompeting interests: democracy, Islamification and women politicians in Iran
260			_c2002
300			_ap.109-18.
362			_aJan
520			_aIt is contention of this article that women parliamentarians in Iran have benefited from the democratic process and have, in effect, presented an important political opposition, whose impact on policy and legislation has been considerably greater than the sparse numbers of seats they have had. Part of the reason for their success lies in their ability to collaborate across the secular/Islamic divide and to locate their demands centrally within the Islamic discourse. - Reproduced.
650			_aPoliticians - Iran
650			_aWomen in politics - Iran
650			_aWomen in politics
773			_aParliamentary Affairs
909			_a52190
999			_c52190 _d52190