02627oam 2200697 a 450 991097395690332120110425103342.097984006726139786613255648978128325564612832556429780313398025031339802X9798400672613(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(DLC)BP0313398011BC(DLC)BP9798400672613BC(Perlego)4169373(EXLCZ)99255000000004574120110422e20112023 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIraq's dysfunctional democracy /David Ghanim1st ed.Santa Barbara, Calif. :Praeger,c2011.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2023.1 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780313398018 0313398011 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 David1798079DLCDLCUtOrBLWBOOK9910973956903321Iraq's dysfunctional democracy4340678UNINA