1st Edition
State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq Facing Dictatorship
By Achim Rohde
Copyright 2010
272 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Scholarship on Iraq under the Ba’th regime has traditionally focused on the rule of Saddam Hussein and his narrow inner circle. The centrality of the former president in Iraqi politics until spring 2003 and the tyranny of his regime were evident, and available sources concerning developments inside Iraqi society during that period were scarce.
This book explores whether traditional paradigms of... Read more
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
Biography
Achim Rohde is a visiting scholar at the Center for Near and Middle East Studies at the University of Marburg, Germany, and a lecturer at the Asia Africa Institute of Hamburg University.
