AbstractIslamic Republic of Iran as an Islamic and independent country on original ideology of “Islam” announced freedom of political parties within the Constitution (Act, 26). After Islamic Revolution victory in 1979, two main factions formed, “Principlism” and “Reformism”. “Reformism” seems a challenging issue to Iranian nation as it may appear adopted on the Western ideology. This stud...

The notion of the labour-aristocracy is one of the oldest Marxian explanations of working-class conservatism and reformism. Despite its continued appeal to scholars and activists on the Left, there is no single, coherent theory of the labour-aristocracy. While all versions argue workingclass conservatism and reformism reflects the politics of a privileged layer of workers who share in ‘monopoly...

0308-521X/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.03.012 * Corresponding author. Address: Wageningen Un Innovation Studies, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wagen +31 317 484694; fax: +31 317 486094. E-mail address: [email protected] (L. Klerkx) The purpose of this article is to investigate effective reformism: strategies that innovation networks deploy to create changes in th...

This article analyzes the implementation of Program for Improving Access and Quality Primary Care (PMAQ-AB) in context a national political scenario deep transformations, from weak reformism that promoted slow extension rights to strong counter-reformism neoliberal restoration. It is case study with health workers, managers, counselors two capital cities northeastern Brazil, discussing matters ...