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| 1. Alvis, David. "The Ayatollah's Republic: An Examination of Plato's Republic and Khomeini's Welayat Al-Faqeeh" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, <Not Available>. 2009-11-29 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p136849_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: For Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Plato's Republic offered a partial model for the reform of Iranian politics. Here we argue that the criticism directed at much of Iran's theocratic state derives from the problems inherent in the Republic. |
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