02444oam 2200613 a 450 991078176500332120110425103342.0979-84-00-67261-31-283-25564-297866132556480-313-39802-X9798400672613(CKB)2550000000045741(EBL)795022(OCoLC)761720363(SSID)ssj0000538117(PQKBManifestationID)11364953(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538117(PQKBWorkID)10558593(PQKB)11226259(Au-PeEL)EBL795022(CaPaEBR)ebr10496646(CaONFJC)MIL325564(OCoLC)712115065(DLC)ABC031339802X(MiAaPQ)EBC795022(EXLCZ)99255000000004574120110422e20112023 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIraq's dysfunctional democracy[electronic resource] /David GhanimSanta Barbara, Calif. :Praeger,c2011.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2023.1 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-313-39801-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.DemocracyIraqIraqPolitics and government2003-Democracy320.9567Ghanim David1509367DLCDLCUtOrBLWBOOK9910781765003321Iraq's dysfunctional democracy3741183UNINA