Institutional Overlap and Authoritarian Resilience: How Post-Revolutionary Iran’s Para-State and Parallel Organizations Bolster Regime Security

• In Event: Institutions and Authoritarian Regimes

Brief Overview

This paper shows how Iran’s post-revolutionary proliferation of overlapping state and para-state institutions—though inefficient—creates controlled chaos that prevents opposition, reinforces loyalty, and consolidates regime security.

Author

• Amir Mahdavi, University of Connecticut