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KIAN TAJBAKHSH, PhD Social Scientist &
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Decentralization,
Democracy and Urban Local Governance in Iran §
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CONSULTING
VNG-International (The World Bank, International
Consultant, Project Director, Municipal Management and Local Economic
Development Study. 2005 – present. World Bank, World Bank. Project
Director. Urban Service Delivery Survey: The Case of the World Bank, International
Consultant. World Bank, World Bank, The World Bank, MNA -
Decentralization and Municipal Development Regional Study: The Case of VNG-International (The (Selected Publications,
Consulting, Reports and Presentations) · Decentralization,
Democracy and Urban Local Governance in · Social Capital in · Urban Social Theory and Urban Studies
Decentralization, Democracy and Urban
Local Governance in “ “Globalization and Cities in Comparative
Perspective”. Guest editor of Symposium with Diane Davis. Int. J. of Urban
and Regional Research. Vol. 29, No. 1, 2005. “Planning Culture in “Decentralization and
Governance in Download PowerPoint presentation "The Fate of Local Democracy under the Islamic Republic."
Presentation to Iranian Studies Group, MIT, http://web.mit.edu/isg/IAQ/IAQFALL.pdf
Assessing the
Performance of Local Government in “Political Decentralization
and the Creation of Local Government in Persian translation: Gofte-Gu
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Social Change and Social Capital in Local
Councils and Municipalities “Exploring the Role of
Social Capital in the Performance of Local Councils in Social
Security Policy "Social Capital,
Social Security and Welfare Policy in Social Capital, Social
Security and Welfare Policy in |
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Urban Social Theory and Social
Research Books Social Capital: Trust,
Democracy and Development ( Edited collection of essays
on the various dimensions of social capital. This book includes an interview
with Dr. Robert Putnam, conducted especially for this volume.
The Promise of the City:
Space, Identity and Politics in Contemporary Social Thought (
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8854.html A Persian translation of
this book is currently underway and will be published in 2007 Articles Senior Academic Advisor, “Study of Changing
Attitudes to Family and Gender Roles in “Islam and the Media:
Introduction” Social Research, Vol. 70, No. 3, Fall 2003 (Special
Issue: Islam: Public and Private Spheres). (See details of the special
issue at http://www.socres.org/vol70/issue703.htm#tajbakhsh ) “Women, Tradition and
Modernity in Gofte-Gu 38 ( Esprit, Julliet 2003 (No 296)] “Cities
and Civilizations: Exploring the problems of cultural interaction from both
Angles.” Peace Policy, volume 7, 2002 "History of a Subject
or the subjects of a History?" Studies in History ( "Marxism and the
Crisis of Communist Ideology", Economic & Political Weekly, ( "Postmodernism, Postmarxism and the Question of Class", Social
Scientist, ( Intellectual History of Urban Science
in “Urban Knowledge and the State in Download PowerPoint
presentation "Urban Knowledge and
the State in
Understanding the City, Contemporary and Future Perspectives, edited John Eade and Chris Meale. ( Textures of Place:
Exploring Humanist Geographies.
Paul Adams, Steven Hoelscher, and Karen Till, editors. ( Urban Geography. Tim Hall (Second
Edition, Postmetropolis: Critical
Studies of Cities and Regions,
Edward Soja. (Blackwell, 2000). Urban Studies vol 38 no 9 August 2001,
1620 – 21. Urban Sociology, Farideh Momtaz. (Sherkat-e Sahami Entesharat,
Tehran 2000.) Andeesheye Jame’e no. 14,
Jan 2001,
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Kian Tajbakhsh - Bio Kian Tajbakhsh is a social
scientist and urban planner. He has worked as a consultant in the areas of local government
reform, urban planning and social policy, and has taught at
universities in the US and in Iran. He has worked with several organizations including (last updated 5/11/06) |
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