Sectarianism in Iraq: The Making of State and Nation Since 1920

ISBN-13: 9780367869632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 358 str.

Khalil Osman

Opis

This book provides the first large-scale, detailed and systematic social science examination of the relationship between sectarianism and the making of state and nation in Iraq. It investigates the interaction between sectarianism and the on going and unfinished process of Iraqi state building.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 A Theoretical Excursus: State-Making, Nation-Building and the Sectarian Problematique 2 The Legacy of History: Nation-Building, Marginalization and Ascendance of Primordial Sectarianism 3 Elite Makeup and the Politics of Stratification 4 Education, Resistance and the Reproduction of Primordial Sectarian Identity 5 Contending Visions of Collective Identity 6 Sectarianism and the Crisis of the Nation-State in Iraq Conclusion

O autorze

Khalil Osman is a Senior Political Affairs Officer at the UN. He has taught politics at Indiana University and reported extensively from several Middle Eastern countries, including Iraq. Dr Osman’s reporting experience includes work for the BBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Canada International.