Achim Rohde

State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq (eBook, ePUB)

Facing Dictatorship

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines whether traditional paradigms of totalitarian rule can be applied to Ba'thist Iraq. As such it closely examines state-society relations and uncovers the nature of the regime and how Iraqis lived with it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136991790
• Artikelnr.: 43074806

Autorenporträt

Achim Rohde is the scientific coordinator of the research network "Re-Configurations. History, Remembrance and Transformation Processes in the Middle East and North Africa" at the Philipps-University Marburg (Germany).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Facing Dictatorship Part 1: The Rise and Fall of an "Instant
Power" 1. Authoritarianism and Development: The 1970s 2. On the Way to
Armageddon: Iraq in the 1980s 3. Fragmentation vs. Centralisation:
Governing Iraq, 1991-2003 Part 2: Power and Society 4. Gender Politics in
Ba'thist Iraq 5. Arts and Politics. Conclusions