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Kian Tajbakhsh
Columbia University
Occupation
Researcher
Contact
Email: kt242@columbia.edu
Primary Phone: 480-577-0009
Sub Areas
Democratization
19th-21st Centuries
Development
Globalization
Middle East/Near East Studies
Urban Studies
Iranian Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Specialties
State-building; Authoritarianism And Democratization; Local And Subnational Governance; Urbanization And Local Economic Development
Languages
English (native)
Persian (native)
French (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 1993 | Urban Planning /Pol. Science | Columbia University
MS | 1984 | Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment | University College, London University
BA | 1983 | Civil Engineering | Imperial College, London University
Abstracts
Decentralization, Sovereignty and Democratization under the Islamic Republic of Iran: Do Local Electoral and Civic Institutions Offer Interstitial Spaces for Building Practices of Self-Rule?