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Intervention, Ethnic Conflict and State-Building in Iraq: A Paradigm for the Post-Colonial State book cover

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Intervention, Ethnic Conflict and State-Building in Iraq A Paradigm for the Post-Colonial State

By Michael Rear Copyright 2008
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge
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External intervention by the U.N. and other actors in ethnic conflicts has interfered with the state-building process in post-colonial states. Rear examines the 1991 uprisings in Iraq and demonstrates how this intervention has contributed to the problems with democratization experienced in the post-Saddam era. This timely work will appeal to scholars of International Relations and Middle East... Read more

Part 1: Literature Review  1. Theories of Ethnic Identification and Conflict  2. Approaches to the State-Building Process  3. The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Ethnic Conflicts  Part 2: Theory-Building  4. The State-Centric Model and its Critics  5. Ethnic Conflict and the State-Building Process: Toward an Integrated Theory for a Global, Post-Cold War Era  6. Globalization, the End of the Cold War, Increasing State Failure, and Ethnic Mobilization  7. Ethnic Conflict, State-Building, and UN Peacekeeping: An Integrated Theory for the Post-Cold War Era  Part 3: Case Study  8. Patterns of State Formation in the Middle East and Western Europe: A Comparison  9. W(h)ither Iraq? The Impact of Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts upon the State-Building Process  Part 4: Conclusion  10. Conclusion

Biography

Michael Rear is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Touro College and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hofstra University

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