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Abdulla, Namo (2010) Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy. Information, society and justice journal, 3 (2). pp. 107-115. ISSN 1756-1078
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The US-led allied invasion of Iraq in 2003 toppled Iraq’s long ruling dictator, Saddam Hussein, promising to import democracy to a country whose history had been shaped by both religious and secular totalitarianism. Lack of deep-understanding of the Iraq’s culture had led to the former US administration to equate the demise of Saddam with the demise of totalitarianism. The presence of Saddam was a great obstacle of democracy, but his removal changed little. Saddam and his former like-minded people created a culture capable of producing as many dictators as it wants. This essay argues that Iraq’s political culture is highly undemocratic; and thus the future of democracy in the country is bleak. It proves so by highlighting the most important incompatible elements of Iraq’s culture with democracy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Information, society and justice journal; Democracy; Oligarchy; Political elites; Authoritarianism; Political power; Globalization; Globalisation; Islam; Ethno-nationalism; Iraq |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science |
| Department: | School of Social Sciences (to June 2021) School of Social Sciences and Professions |
| Depositing User: | Mary Burslem |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2015 14:19 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2020 15:22 |
| URI: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/102 |
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