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Comparative Sociology 7 (2008) 484– 490 Comparative Sociology CompSoc www.brill.nl/coso © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/156913308X336507 Review Essay Th e Political Elite, Women, and Journalism in Iran: Is Democratization Possible? Eva Patricia Rakel University of Amsterdam, O.Z. Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL Amsterdam, Th e Netherlands e.p.rakel@uva.nl Brownlee, Jason , 2007, Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratiza- tion , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, xiii + 264 pp., ISBN-13: 9780521869515 (Hb), £40.00; ISBN-13: 9780521689663 (Pb), £14.99. Sedghi, Hamideh , 2007, Women and Politics in Iran – Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, xv1 + 341 pp., ISBN-13: 9780521835817, £48.00 (Hb). Shahidi, Hossein , 2007, Journalism in Iran – From Mission to Profession , Iranian Studies, London: Routledge, xii + 194 pp., ISBN 0415425735, £75.00. Th e Islamic revolution caused a fundamental change in the composition of the political elite in Iran, whose secular oriented members were replaced by mainly clergies and religious laypersons. Th e nature of the political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is unique as it is based on: a combina- tion of state institutions that derive their legitimacy from Islamic law – the religious supervisory bodies (the Council of
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