LEADER 03266oam 2200481I 450 001 9910164872803321 005 20230809222732.0 010 $a0-367-37148-0 010 $a1-315-47461-1 010 $a1-315-47459-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315474618 035 $a(CKB)3710000001060389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4809693 035 $a(OCoLC)973223114 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001060389 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Iraqi Federation $eorigin, operation and significance /$fFarah Shakir 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (203 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aExeter Studies in Ethno Politics 311 $a1-138-20217-7 311 $a1-315-47460-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Iraq : imperial and historical legacies -- 2. The origins of federations -- 3. Justification for the adoption of federalism in Iraq -- 4. Iraq's reconstruction : actors, pressures and challenges -- 5. The constitutional process, the constitution and constitutionalism in Iraq -- 6. The institutional structure of the Iraqi Federation -- 7. The significance of the Iraqi federal experiment. 330 $aPolitical instability has characterised the modern history of Iraq, which has proven itself as a complex state to govern. However, the creation of a federal system in 2005 offers the potential for change and a deviation from a past characterised by authoritarian government, brutality and war. The Iraqi Federation explores why and how Iraq became a federal state, and analyses how the process of formation impacts on the operation of the Iraqi federal system. It argues that the different approaches taken by various federal theorists in the past, particularly William H. Riker's bargain theory, are insufficient to explain the formation of the Iraqi federation completely. The process of the establishment of a federal Iraq must be understood in the context of its unique history and cultural specificity, as well as in the context of the other new federal models that have appeared since the end of the Cold War, including Belgium, the Russian Federation, Ethiopia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with contemporary political players in Iraq, this book helps to deepen our understanding of how one of the newest federal states operates in a practical sense. By linking the new federal models to the classic federal theory, it also provides a unique contribution to theories on federal state formation. It will therefore be of great interest to students and scholars of Middle East Politics, as well as those studying Federalism. 410 0$aExeter studies in ethno politics. 606 $aFederal government$zIraq 607 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aFederal government 676 $a320.4567049 700 $aShakir$b Farah.$0905169 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164872803321 996 $aThe Iraqi Federation$92024451 997 $aUNINA