malek avarideh

The main goal of the current research is to compare the indicators of consolidation and stabilization of democracy during the presidency of Ahmadinejad and Rouhani based on the modernization theory of Martin Lipsett and Larry Diamond. What has been questioned in the current research is what role did the governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran play in consolidating and stabilizing the elements and indicators of democracy between 1384 and 1400? In order to achieve the desired and worthy result, key and important indicators such as urbanization, industrialization, public education, inflation, foreign investment, housing, employment, parties and non-governmental organizations were selected and evaluated in the mentioned period. The findings of the research show that in some indicators, such as the category of housing and job creation, the government of Ahmadinejad has been more successful; And in some others like; Attracting foreign investment, forming parties and establishing non-governmental organizations, Rouhani's government has performed better, and in the field of indicators such as inflation control, urbanization process, industrialization and public education, the actions of both governments have been close to each other. The research method is a qualitative type of causal explanation.

The purpose of this study is to critique one of the latest works on Iran's foreign policy by Farhad Rezaei. The questions of the research are: Has the author of the book could survey the subject in a scientific method? How much of the collected data has validity and the results of the book are reliable? To what extent has this work been able to answer the ambiguities and questions in the minds of Iranian and foreign audiences and be effective? To answer the above questions, first, the main idea of the different chapters of the book has been addressed and criticized. Then, in two separate sections, the book is criticized in terms of content and form. Each of these sections includes two sub-headings: the book's strengths and weaknesses. In the end, the authors stated their general evaluation of the book. The research methodology is descriptive-analytical and conducted by library-based data.