Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Iraq : A Political History / / Adeed Dawisha



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Dawisha Adeed Visualizza persona
Titolo: Iraq : A Political History / / Adeed Dawisha Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Edizione: With a New afterword by the author
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
Disciplina: 956.704
Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Middle East / General
Soggetto geografico: Iraq Politics and government 1958-
Iraq Politics and government 1921-1958
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato: American-led invasion
Arab Sunni
Arab nationalists
Ba'th Party
Ba'thist
Bakr Sidqi
Britain
Coalition Provisional Authority
George Bush
Iraq
Iraqi identity
Iraqi politicians
Iraqi state
King Faysal
Kurds
Mesopotamia
Parliament
Robert Dahl
Saddam Husayn
Saddamist era
Shi'ite
Turkomen
United Kingdom
United States
Yasin al-Hashimi
democracy
democratization
disparate communities
divided nation
ethno-sectarian division
martial law
military campaign
military coup
military government
monarchy
nation-building
nation-state
national identity
old politicians
political change
political development
political elite
political history
political order
sovereign state
sovereignty
Note generali: Originally published: 2009. With a new foreword by the author.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy'S Political System, 1921-1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968-2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003- -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: With each day that passed after the 2003 invasion, the United States seemed to sink deeper in the treacherous quicksand of Iraq's social discord, floundering in the face of deep ethno-sectarian divisions that have impeded the creation of a viable state and the molding of a unified Iraqi identity. Yet as Adeed Dawisha shows in this superb political history, the story of a fragile and socially fractured Iraq did not begin with the American-led invasion--it is as old as Iraq itself. Dawisha traces the history of the Iraqi state from its inception in 1921 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and up to the present day. He demonstrates how from the very beginning Iraq's ruling elites sought to unify this ethnically diverse and politically explosive society by developing state governance, fostering democratic institutions, and forging a national identity. Dawisha, who was born and raised in Iraq, gives rare insight into this culturally rich but chronically divided nation, drawing on a wealth of Arabic and Western sources to describe the fortunes and calamities of a state that was assembled by the British in the wake of World War I and which today faces what may be the most serious threat to survival that it has ever known. Featuring Dawisha's insightful new afterword on recent political developments, Iraq is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of what's going on in Iraq today, and why it has been so difficult to create a viable government there.
Titolo autorizzato: Iraq  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4008-4623-4
1-299-16011-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820405803321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui