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This book proposes a significant reassessment of the history of Iraq, documenting democratic experiences from ancient Mesopotamia through to the US occupation. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and referring to some of the most influential critical theorists to question ideological assumptions ab...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Isakhan, Benjamin, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2012.
Temas:
Democracy > Iraq > History.
Islam and state > Iraq.
Islam et État > Irak.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Democracy.
Islam and state.
Politics and government
Iraq > Politics and government.
Irak > Politique et gouvernement.
Iraq.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Democracy in Iraq; Critical Theory, Orientalism and the Democratic History of Iraq; 1 Discourses of Democracy; The Discourse of Western Democracy; The Discourse of Oriental Despotism; Conclusion; 2 Democracy in Ancient Iraq; The Political Significance of Ancient Iraq; Conclusion; 5 Oppression and Resistance in Post-Colonial Iraq; Re-Thinking Post-Colonial Iraq; State Propaganda and the Discourses of Democracy; Counter Discourse and Clandestine Opposition; Conclusion; 6 Occupation and Democracy in Re-Colonial Iraq.
  • The Discourses of Democracy and the Re-Colonisation of IraqElections and the Public Sphere; Civil Rights and Protest Movements; Conclusion; Conclusion; Salvaging Democracy from Discourse; References; Index.

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