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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458048103321

Titolo

The Iraq War and democratic politics / / edited by Alex Danchev and John MacMillan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-26569-7

1-280-15764-X

0-203-32596-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DanchevAlex

MacMillanJohn <1963->

Disciplina

327.73/009/0511

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Moral and ethical aspects

Democracy - Iraq

World politics - 1989-

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Iraq War and democratic politics / John MacMillan -- The global setting : US foreign policy and the future of the Middle East / Richard Falk -- Bush's war : the Iraq conflict and American democracy / John Dumbrell -- The neo-cons : neo-conservative thinking since the onset of the Iraq War / Dan Plesch -- The United Kingdom / Dan Keohane -- The European dimension / John Vogler -- Turkey : democratic legitimacy / Christopher Brewin -- 'It seemed the best thing to be up and go' : on the legal case for invading Iraq / Patrick Thornberry -- The transition to democracy in Iraq : historical legacies / Gareth Stansfield -- The Democratic transition in Iraq and the discovery of its limitations / Glen Rangwala -- Iraq : political reconstruction and liberal theory / John Horton and Yoke-Lian Lee -- Afghanistan and Iraq : failed states or democracy on hold? / Iftikhar H. Malik -- The Iraq body Count Project : civil society and democratic deficit / John Sloboda -- Story development, or, Walter Mitty the Undefeated / Alex Danchev.



Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the meaning of the 2003 Iraq war for democratic politics.