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This book studied the agency of advocacy NGOs in the policy networks of hybrid regimes. By contrasting two Iranian policy domains across a turnover of government, and two levels of government, this study assessed the extent to which the political opportunity structure explains variations in policy networks and the scope of NGOs within them. The present chapter summarises the main findings and discusses the implications and contributions advanced within this study.
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Moheimany, M. (2021). The Islamic Republic Lighthouse, Policy Networks and NGOs. In: NGOs, Policy Networks and Political Opportunities in Hybrid Regimes. Studies in Iranian Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6224-6_12
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