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Iraqi Kurdistan : political development and emergent democracy /

The Iraqi Kurds have enjoyed de facto statehood in the north of Iraq for over a decade but Intra-Kurdish fighting, military incursions by Turkey and Iran and the constant threat posed by Saddam Hussein have plagued this 'democratic experiment'. In this book, Stansfield explores the develop...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stansfield, Gareth R. V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.
Colección:RoutledgeCurzon advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Iraqi Kurdistan Political development and emergent democracy
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • Statement of hypothesis
  • Structure of book
  • 2 Theory and methodology
  • Theoretical focus
  • Theories of 'the state'
  • The development of the political system
  • Comparative political theories
  • Consociational political systems
  • Field method
  • 3 Contextual analysis
  • The geographical context of Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Language
  • Religion and minorities
  • The economic structures of Iraqi Kurdistan
  • The economy in the 1970s and 1980s
  • The economy in the 1990s
  • Conclusion
  • 4 The development of the party political system
  • The origins of the party political system
  • The Kurdistan Democratic Party
  • The development of the system: the Kurdish Revolution, 1961-1975
  • The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
  • The KDP and PUK in the aftermath of 1975
  • Conclusion
  • 5 The decision-making processes of the KDP and PUK
  • Chronological analysis of the 1990s
  • The KDP and PUK
  • Conclusion
  • 6 The organizational structure of the Kurdistan Regional Government(s)
  • The aftermath of the Rapareen
  • The elections
  • The morphology and prescribed operating procedures of the Kurdistan National Assembly
  • The morphology and prescribed operating procedures of the executive offices of the KRG
  • The Judiciary
  • 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
  • Postscript.
  • Iraqi Kurdish developments
  • Appendix 1 Population statistics
  • Appendix 2 Key agreements between parties
  • Appendix 3 Party lists
  • Appendix 4 Election results and KNA representatives
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.