Enforcing Central Authority: Nuri al-Maliki and the Tradition of Iraq's Authoritarian State

Enforcing Central Authority: Nuri al-Maliki and the Tradition of Iraq's Authoritarian State

Hauke Feickert
ISBN13: 9781466696754|ISBN10: 1466696753|EISBN13: 9781466696761
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9675-4.ch012
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Feickert, Hauke. "Enforcing Central Authority: Nuri al-Maliki and the Tradition of Iraq's Authoritarian State." Handbook of Research on Transitional Justice and Peace Building in Turbulent Regions, edited by Fredy Cante and Hartmut Quehl, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 233-252. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9675-4.ch012

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Feickert, H. (2016). Enforcing Central Authority: Nuri al-Maliki and the Tradition of Iraq's Authoritarian State. In F. Cante & H. Quehl (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Transitional Justice and Peace Building in Turbulent Regions (pp. 233-252). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9675-4.ch012

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Feickert, Hauke. "Enforcing Central Authority: Nuri al-Maliki and the Tradition of Iraq's Authoritarian State." In Handbook of Research on Transitional Justice and Peace Building in Turbulent Regions, edited by Fredy Cante and Hartmut Quehl, 233-252. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9675-4.ch012

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Abstract

This article brings together historical and political research in order to give an account of Iraq's recurring authoritarianism. Focusing on the agency of three distinct state elites, it will compare how these networks used cooptation and coercion to dominate their respective political arena. As a part of this, structural aspects like the allurement of the centralized state economic and the aspect of Western assistance in the (re)building of a central authority will join the analysis. However, the article will be primarily concerned with Iraqi politicians, their authorship of authoritarianism, their efforts to build a “modern” nation and their attempts to overrule dissent. The main interest of this inquiry is for the present and recent past: As Iraq has shaken off the oppression of 35 years of dictatorship, the new democratic system has shown to be extremely susceptible for a renewal of the authoritarian tradition.

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