Intervention, Ethnic Conflict and State-Building in Iraq - A Paradigm for the Post-Colonial State

Informationen zum Autor Michael Rear is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Touro College and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hofstra University Klappentext This examination of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq demonstrates how external intervention by the UN and other actors in ethnic conflicts has contributed to the problems with democratization experienced in the post-Saddam era. Zusammenfassung This examination of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq demonstrates how external intervention by the UN and other actors in ethnic conflicts has contributed to the problems with democratization experienced in the post-Saddam era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Literature Review 1. Theories of Ethnic Identification and Conflict 2. Approaches to the State-Building Process 3. The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Ethnic Conflicts Part 2: Theory-Building 4. The State-Centric Model and its Critics 5. Ethnic Conflict and the State-Building Process: Toward an Integrated Theory for a Global, Post-Cold War Era 6. Globalization, the End of the Cold War, Increasing State Failure, and Ethnic Mobilization 7. Ethnic Conflict, State-Building, and UN Peacekeeping: An Integrated Theory for the Post-Cold War Era Part 3: Case Study 8. Patterns of State Formation in the Middle East and Western Europe: A Comparison 9. W(h)ither Iraq? The Impact of Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts upon the State-Building Process Part 4: Conclusion 10. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Michael Rear, Michael (Hofstra University Rear, Rear Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415964661
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96466-1
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Studies in International Relations; Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Middle East, Warfare & defence, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence