Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 261 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0203398300
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0415302781
Series Statement:
RoutledgeCurzon advances in Middle East and Islamic studies
Content:
In this groundbreaking study, Stansfield identifies the principal dynamics of Iraqi Kurdish politics and analyses the record and potential of the 'Kurdish democratic experiment' and explores the development of the Kurdish political system since 1991
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Iraqi Kurdistan Political development and emergentdemocracy; Copyright; Contents; List offigures ; List oftables ; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List ofabbreviations ; 1 Introduction; Statementof hypothesis; Structureof book; 2 Theory andmethodology; Theoreticalfocus; Theoriesof 'the state'; The developmentof the political system; Comparativepolitical theories; Consociationalpolitical systems; Fieldmethod; 3 Contextualanalysis; The geographical context of IraqiKurdistan; Language; Religion andminorities; The economic structuresof Iraqi Kurdistan; The economy in the 1970sand 1980s
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Theeconomy in the 1990sConclusion; 4 Thedevelopment of the party political system; Theorigins of the party political system; The Kurdistan DemocraticParty; Thedevelopment of the system: the Kurdish Revolution, 1961-1975; The PatrioticUnion of Kurdistan; The KDP andPUK in the aftermath of 1975; Conclusion; 5 Thedecision-making processes of the KDP and PUK; Chronologicalanalysis of the 1990s; The KDPand PUK; Conclusion; 6 The organizational structure of theKurdistan Regional Government(s); The aftermath of theRapareen; Theelections
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The morphology and prescribed operating procedures of the KurdistanNational AssemblyThe morphology and prescribed operating procedures of the executive offices of theKRG ; TheJudiciary; Conclusion; 7 The Kurdistan Regional Government(s),1992-2002; The Kurdistan Regional Government, 1992-1996; The first cabinet of the KRG; The second cabinet of the KRG; The polarization of the political system; Divided government and the establishment of the third cabinets; The third cabinets of the KRG; Analysis of the decision-making process of the third and fourth cabinets; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion
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PostscriptIraqi Kurdish developments; Appendix 1 Populationstatistics; Appendix 2 Keyagreements between parties; Appendix 3 Partylists; Appendix 4 Electionresults and KNA representatives; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Iraqi Kurdistan : Political Development and Emergent Democracy
Language:
English
