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" The struggle for Iraq's future. How corruption, incompetence and sectarianism have undermined democracy. "
Zaid Al-Ali
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BL
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582338
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b411557
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Al-Ali
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The struggle for Iraq's future. How corruption, incompetence and sectarianism have undermined democracy.\ Zaid Al-Ali
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New Haven :: Yale University Press, 2014
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320 pages: ; 24 cm.
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9780300187267
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: 0300187262
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A legacy of oppression and violence -- On the origins of Iraq's new political elites -- Creating a new political order -- A country back from the dead -- Defective politics -- A country left to languish -- The ravages of corruption : the second insurgency -- The third insurgency : environmental disaster -- What is to be done?
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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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Iraq-- Politics and government-- 2003-
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Iraq, Politics and government, 2003-
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Iraq, Social conditions, 21st century
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DS41-66
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