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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824974003321

Autore

Ghanim David

Titolo

Iraq's dysfunctional democracy / / David Ghanim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2011

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-84-00-67261-3

1-283-25564-2

9786613255648

0-313-39802-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

320.9567

Soggetti

Democracy - Iraq

Iraq Politics and government 2003-

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

A U.S. legacy -- The politics of victimization -- Dwindling minorities, debased women -- De-baʻthification and politics of exclusion -- Uprooting the Baʻth and sectarianism -- Deficient justice -- Sectarian execution -- Elections and illusive democracy -- Confessionalism and legitimacy -- Externalization of legitimacy -- Federalism and politics of separatism -- Nationalism and territories -- Armaments, oil, and corruption -- Republic of corruption.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines Iraq since 2003 and argues that a new democratic Iraq cannot be grounded on destructive politics of victimization, narrow nationalism, sectarian confessionalism, and a consensual, power-sharing political arrangement.