The struggle for Iraq's future how corruption, incompetence and sectarianism have undermined democracy
Since the withdrawal of US occupying forces, international attention has shifted away from Iraq - but life for Iraqis has become no easier. Deadly bombings are still all too common, sectarian violence has soared and all-pervading corruption means that massive inflows of aid and oil income have made...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New Haven u.a.
Yale Univ. Press
2014
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Since the withdrawal of US occupying forces, international attention has shifted away from Iraq - but life for Iraqis has become no easier. Deadly bombings are still all too common, sectarian violence has soared and all-pervading corruption means that massive inflows of aid and oil income have made very little difference to crucial issues like security, healthcare and power availability. Now, Iraqi lawyer Zaid Al-Ali sets out why and how the post-occupation Iraqi government has failed to achieve legitimacy or improve its citizens' lives. He argues that the ill-planned US intervention destroyed the Iraqi state, creating a black hole which corrupt and incompetent members of the elite have now made their own. In particular, Al-Ali demonstrates how Iraqi politicians and the political system have failed to address Iraq's problems |
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| Beschreibung: | 295 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780300187267 978-0-300-18726-7 0300187262 0-300-18726-2 |