@article{ref1,
title="Iran under Ahmadinejad: populism and its malcontents",
journal="International affairs",
year="2008",
author="Ansari, Ali",
volume="84",
number="4",
pages="683-700",
abstract="This article assesses the rise of President Ahmadinejad from the perspective of the Weberian concept of charismatic authority. It argues that in re-engaging with an authoritative structure founded on charisma, the hard line political establishment of the Islamic Republic have returned to a traditional form of autocratic power which is inherently unstable. The cycle of distress and enthusiasm from which it grows generates a momentum and ideological polarization which the leaders of the Islamic Republic may find increasingly difficult to escape.<p />",
language="",
issn="0020-5850",
doi="10.1111/j.1468-2346.2008.00732.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2008.00732.x"
}