State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq: Facing Dictatorship

ISBN-13: 9781138780132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 272 str.

Achim Rohde

Opis

This text 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.