03040oam 2200649I 450 991045915130332120200520144314.01-136-99179-41-136-99180-81-282-58692-097866125869270-203-85461-610.4324/9780203854617 (CKB)2670000000013821(EBL)496375(OCoLC)609859093(SSID)ssj0000366203(PQKBManifestationID)11250856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366203(PQKBWorkID)10414482(PQKB)10509645(MiAaPQ)EBC496375(Au-PeEL)EBL496375(CaPaEBR)ebr10382494(CaONFJC)MIL258692(OCoLC)643577393(EXLCZ)99267000000001382120180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrState-society relations in Ba'thist Iraq facing dictatorship /Achim RohdeLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (268 p.)SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle EastDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-78013-8 0-415-47551-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE ON THE TRANSLITERATION; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION FACING DICTATORSHIP; PART I THE RISE AND FALL OF AN "INSTANT POWER"; CHAPTER 1 AUTHORITARIANISM AND DEVELOPMENT: THE 1970S; CHAPTER 2 ON THE WAY TO ARMAGEDDON: IRAQ IN THE 1980S; CHAPTER 3 FRAGMENTATION VS. CENTRALISATION: GOVERNING IRAQ, 1991-2003; PART II POWER AND SOCIETY; CHAPTER 4 GENDER POLICIES IN BA'THIST IRAQ; CHAPTER 5 ARTS AND POLITICS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEXScholarship on Iraq under the Ba'th regime has traditionally focused on the rule of Saddam Hussein and his narrow inner circle. The centrality of the former president in Iraqi politics until spring 2003 and the tyranny of his regime were evident, and available sources concerning developments inside Iraqi society during that period were scarce.This book explores whether traditional paradigms of totalitarian rule can be applied to Ba'thist Iraq, closely examining state-society relations and uncovering the nature of the regime and how Iraqis lived with it. The study creates a conceptualSOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle EastDictatorshipIraqIraqPolitics and government1979-1991IraqPolitics and government1991-2003Electronic books.Dictatorship956.7044Rohde Achim1969-,853944FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910459151303321State-society relations in Ba'thist Iraq1906587UNINA