{"product_id":"post-saddam-iraq-new-realities-old-identities-changing-patterns-9781845194673","title":"Post-Saddam Iraq: New Realities, Old Identities,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first comprehensive attempt to describe and analyse the major developments in Iraq from the US-led invasion until 2010. It is the product of specialists in the history of Iraq, the Arab and Muslim world, with a wide range of views of Iraq's past and present. The main focus is the internal political scene -- increasingly developing along ethnic-sectarian and religious lines (Shi'is and Sunnis, Kurds and Arabs) -- discussed in the context of re-emerging Iraqi national identity. Other major developments, not unrelated to politics, are also addressed: women's rights and economic trends. The book provides an important external, international dimension to Iraq's post-war development through discussion of the central role played by the Iranian regime and its deep and multi-faceted involvement in the Iraqi internal scene; the ambivalent relations with Turkey, which concurrently serves as the main terrestrial channel of trade and economic ties with the world; and Iraq's persisting marginal position in the affairs of the Arab world. The political developments within Iraq are discussed up to the most recent events (December 2010), when a new government was set up. It remains to be seen whether the former centralist policies of the prime minister will prevail in a state which is gradually disposing of the American military presence, assuming command over its unsolved problems of security and daily life as well as of its future stability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; The Constitutional Setting; The Shi'is in Post-Saddam Iraq: A Common Political Front, but Different Tactics?; Kurdish Politics \u0026amp; the Shaping of Post-Saddam Iraq; Sunni Discontent in Iraq: An Historical Perspective; Economic Policy in Iraq 2003-2009; Back to Square One: Womens Rights in Post-Invasion Iraq; Grand Ayatollah 'Ali al-Sistani: Ideology, Activities, Proselytizing, Polemics; Iran in Iraq: Between Opportunity \u0026amp; Threat; Neighbor to the Worlds Superpower: Turkeys Challenge in Northern Iraq; Iraq \u0026amp; the Arab System since the 2003 War: A Persistent Marginality; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360201310551,"sku":"9781845194673","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845194673.jpg?v=1754126966","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/post-saddam-iraq-new-realities-old-identities-changing-patterns-9781845194673","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}