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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis e-Library,
2003.
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Colección: | RoutledgeCurzon advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ;
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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.