UID:
almafu_9959230644202883
Format:
1 online resource (268 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-136-99179-4
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1-136-99180-8
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1-282-58692-0
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9786612586927
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0-203-85461-6
Series Statement:
SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East
Content:
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 totalitarian rule can be applied to Ba'thist Iraq, closely examining state-society relations and uncovering the nature of the regime and how Iraqis lived with it. The study creates a conceptual
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE ON THE TRANSLITERATION; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION FACING DICTATORSHIP; PART I THE RISE AND FALL OF AN "INSTANT POWER"; CHAPTER 1 AUTHORITARIANISM AND DEVELOPMENT: THE 1970S; CHAPTER 2 ON THE WAY TO ARMAGEDDON: IRAQ IN THE 1980S; CHAPTER 3 FRAGMENTATION VS. CENTRALISATION: GOVERNING IRAQ, 1991-2003; PART II POWER AND SOCIETY; CHAPTER 4 GENDER POLICIES IN BA'THIST IRAQ; CHAPTER 5 ARTS AND POLITICS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-78013-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-47551-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203854617
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