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State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq - Facing Dictatorship (Paperback)
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State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq - Facing Dictatorship (Paperback)
Series: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East
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Scholarship on Iraq under the Ba'th regime has traditionally
focused on the rule of Saddam Hussein and his narrow inner circle.
The centrality of the former president in Iraqi politics until
spring 2003 and the tyranny of his regime were evident, and
available sources concerning developments inside Iraqi society
during that period were scarce. This book explores whether
traditional paradigms of totalitarian rule can be applied to
Ba'thist Iraq, closely examining state-society relations and
uncovering the nature of the regime and how Iraqis lived with it.
The study creates a conceptual framework for understanding the
inner dynamics of a dictatorship that encompasses a variety of
disciplines - comparative historiography, political science,
literary and art criticism, and gender studies. Drawing on a
comparative reading of the historiography of other regimes commonly
perceived as totalitarian dictatorships, particularly Nazi Germany,
the author looks beyond the spheres of state politics, economy and
jurisdiction to also include the so called 'soft issues' of social
norms, cultural and ideological production. By interpreting recent
Iraqi history along such lines, the author demonstrates how
cross-regional comparative perspectives and an interdisciplinary
approach can contribute to the study of Iraq.
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