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First Published in 1982,
Iraq: The Contemporary State presents insights into the political, social, and economic developments in Iraq. The author argues that Iraq, is a country which the outside world will need increasingly to understand for the stability of the wider Gulf region.
List of contents
List of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Introduction
2. Iraq: The Fertile Crescent Dimension
3. State Power and Economic Structure: Class Determination and State Formation in Contemporary Iraq
4. Recent Developments in the Kurdish Issue
5. Saddam Hussain's Political Thinking: the Comparison with Nasser
6. The Emancipation of Iraqi Women
7. Revolution within the Revolution? Women and the State in Iraq
8. The Eradication of Illiteracy in Iraq
9. United States - Iraq Relations: A Spring Thaw?
10. Iraqi Polices towards the Arab States of the Gulf, 1958-1981
11. Economic Relations between Iraq and Other Arab Gulf States
12. Iraqi Oil Policy: 1961-1976
13. Problems of Rural Development in an Oil-Rich Economy: Iraq 1958-1975
14. Western, Soviet and Egyptian Influences on Iraq's Development Planning
15. The Challenge of Human Resources Development in Iraq
16. Industrial Development and the Decision-making Process
List of Contributors Index
About the author
Tim Niblock
Summary
First Published in 1982, Iraq: The Contemporary State presents insights into the political, social, and economic developments in Iraq. The author argues that Iraq, is a country which the outside world will need increasingly to understand for the stability of the wider Gulf region.
