During recent years, the topic of participation has increasingly been gaining importance in Iran - in the scientific field, in practice and rhetoric. However, in current scientific literature - and especially in English literature - there is little knowledge on the conditions, legal background, perceptions, experiences and processes of citizens' participation in Iran. This book aims to shed light on the paradoxical question of participation in Iran: it is old and new, dysfunctioning and functioning, disappointing and promising. This slippery status of participation convinces scholars to suggest contradictory interpretations and understandings about the existence, functionality, and potentiality of this concept. The book therefore shows the different perspectives, interpretations, historical developments and case studies of participation in Iran, thus giving the reader a kaleidoscope view on the question of participation in Iran.

During recent years, the topic of participation has increasingly been gaining importance in Iran - in the scientific field, in practice and rhetoric. However, in current scientific literature - and especially in English literature - there is little knowledge on the conditions, legal background, perceptions, experiences and processes of citizens' participation in Iran. This book aims to shed light on the paradoxical question of participation in Iran: it is old and new, dysfunctioning and functioning, disappointing and promising. This slippery status of participation convinces scholars to suggest contradictory interpretations and understandings about the existence, functionality, and potentiality of this concept. The book therefore shows the different perspectives, interpretations, historical developments and case studies of participation in Iran, thus giving the reader a kaleidoscope view on the question of participation in Iran.

Dieses Buch spricht junge und altere Menschen an, die sich nicht nur mit einer Krise wie der Corona-Pandemie, sondern gleichzeitig auch mit dem AElterwerden in unserer Gesellschaft auseinandersetzen moechten. Wie koennen Geduld, Gelassenheit und Hoffnung sowie die psychische Widerstandskraft gestarkt werden? Inwieweit koennen Belastungen und Schmerz als Teil des Lebens verstanden, wie kann damit umgegangen werden? Ziel des Buches ist es, die Chancen und Lernmoeglichkeiten des Einzelnen starker in den Mittelpunkt zu rucken. Warum gerade eine Krise wie die Corona-Pandemie eine Chance im AElterwerden sein kann, zeigt die Autorin mit vielen Beispielen und Denkanstoessen auf. Dabei werden Aspekte des guten Lebens und AElterwerdens vorgestellt sowie Moeglichkeiten zur Alltagsgestaltung - auch in einer Krise.