Tribal Mobilisation Forces in Iraq
Subtleties of Formation and Consequential Power Dynamics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12534654 |
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| Authors | Haian Dukhan (0000-0002-8549-7874, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Law, Teeside University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1337-1351 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-0194 • E-ISSN: 1469-3542 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13530194.2022.2087599 |
| OpenAlex | W4282834814 |
| Language | EN |
This paper aims to investigate the Iraqi state’s utilization of tribalism to mobilize and deploy forces against its opponents. The paper argues that state elites exploit tribal divisions for short-term gain, ignoring their detrimental effects on national unity. The case study laid out in this paper, that of Salahedin Brigade, a tribal mobilization unit that was established in Shirqat by members of the al-Jabbour tribe in 2015, shows how tribalism is nurtured when central power is held by an uneasy few, who prefer to govern through the tactics of divide and conquer rather than confront the basic contradictions in their society
Computer security · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Exploit · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Tribalism · Tribe · Computer Science · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
| Highly cited | No |
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