LEADER 02627oam 2200697 a 450 001 9910973956903321 005 20110425103342.0 010 $a9798400672613 010 $a9786613255648 010 $a9781283255646 010 $a1283255642 010 $a9780313398025 010 $a031339802X 024 7 $a9798400672613 035 $a(CKB)2550000000045741 035 $a(EBL)795022 035 $a(OCoLC)761720363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538117 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364953 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538117 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10558593 035 $a(PQKB)11226259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL795022 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496646 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL325564 035 $a(OCoLC)712115065 035 $a(DLC)ABC031339802X 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC795022 035 $a(DLC)BP0313398011BC 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400672613BC 035 $a(Perlego)4169373 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000045741 100 $a20110422e20112023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIraq's dysfunctional democracy /$fDavid Ghanim 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cPraeger,$dc2011. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780313398018 311 08$a0313398011 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA U.S. legacy -- The politics of victimization -- Dwindling minorities, debased women -- De-ba?thification and politics of exclusion -- Uprooting the Ba?th 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aDemocracy$zIraq 607 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y2003- 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.9567 700 $aGhanim$b David$01798079 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973956903321 996 $aIraq's dysfunctional democracy$94340678 997 $aUNINA