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The Struggle for Iraq's Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy - Couverture rigide

Al-Ali, Zaid

 
9780300187267: The Struggle for Iraq's Future: How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0300187262 ISBN 13 : 9780300187267
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Since the withdrawal of US occupying forces, international attention has shifted away from Iraq - but life for Iraqis has become no easier. Deadly bombings are still all too common, sectarian violence has soared and all-pervading corruption means that massive inflows of aid and oil income have made very little difference to crucial issues like security, healthcare and power availability. Now, Iraqi lawyer Zaid al-Ali sets out why and how the post-occupation Iraqi government has failed to achieve legitimacy or improve its citizens' lives. He argues that the ill-planned US intervention destroyed the Iraqi state, creating a black hole which corrupt and incompetent members of the elite have now made their own. In particular, al-Ali demonstrates how Iraqi politicians and the political system have failed to address Iraq's problems. The system of government put in place after 2003 has made Sunni/Shia/Kurd divisions worse rather than better, and created a dysfunctional state where the legal system is in crisis, human-rights abuses are commonplace and the natural environment, already degraded by Saddam Hussein's destructive projects, is worsening every day. This is a vivid, informed and ultimately very sad book.

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À propos de l'auteur

Zaid al-Ali is senior advisor on constitution building for International IDEA, Cairo, and was a legal adviser to the United Nations in Iraq from 2005 to 2009. He often serves as a commentator on Iraqi issues for BBC, Al-Jazeera, Channel 4 and the New York Times among others. He lives in Cairo, Egypt.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300187262
ISBN 13 
9780300187267
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
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Personne responsable
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