Filling Out Iraq’s Federation
A Bottom-Up Approach to Challenging the Muhasasa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12891702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liam Anderson (0000-0003-3130-355X, Wright State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-192 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449057.2022.2124669 |
| OpenAlex | W4306406886 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
The consensus among many western scholars and the Iraqi protest movement is that almost all of the country’s most serious problems are attributable to a political system ('muhasasa ta’ifia') that allocates positions of political power on the basis of ethnicity and sect. The system was created by elites, and is sustained and manipulated by these same elites for personal gain; but while critiques of the system are ubiquitous, feasible proposals for changing it are thin on the ground. The assumption that the 'muhasasa' is a top-down imposition logically leads protestors to focus attention on effecting change in Baghdad, but direct challenges to the system are unlikely to succeed. The argument here is that a bottom-up approach that starts with empowering governorates is the more viable strategy
Argument (complex analysis · Ethnic group · Focus (optics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Top-down and bottom-up design · Computer Science · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society
Iraq's Constitution of 2005
Informal Power in the Greater Middle East
Decentralization and corruption
Accountability and Corruption
The causes of corruption
The corruption of political elites in Iraq – an economic analysis
Sectarianism in Iraq
The Kirkuk Conundrum
Power-Sharing Challenges
Iraq’s Informal Consociationalism and Its Problems
Consociationalism is Dead! Long Live Zombie Power‐Sharing
The Paradox of Federalism
Corruption protection
Ethnofederalism
Fiscal decentralization contributes to economic growth
Tikriti regional identity as reflected in two regional myths and a folkloric tale
Basra's Bid for Autonomy
Ethnic groups in conflict
Divided We Stand
The Debate over Electoral Systems
Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ethnic Power Sharing
Afghanistan & Iraq
Survival of the Fittest
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |