The Iraq War and democratic politics / edited by Alex Danchev and John MacMillan.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, UK : Routledge, 2005.Description: viii, 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0415351472 (hbk.)
0415351480 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

327.73/009/0511 22

LOC classification:

DS79.76 .I7275 2005

Contents:

Introduction : the Iraq War and democratic politics / John MacMillan -- The global setting : US foreign policy and the future of the Middle East / Richard Falk -- Bush's war : the Iraq conflict and American democracy / John Dumbrell -- The neo-cons : neo-conservative thinking since the onset of the Iraq War / Dan Plesch -- The United Kingdom / Dan Keohane -- The European dimension / John Vogler -- Turkey : democratic legitimacy / Christopher Brewin -- 'It seemed the best thing to be up and go' : on the legal case for invading Iraq / Patrick Thornberry -- The transition to democracy in Iraq : historical legacies, resurgent identities and reactionary tendencies / Gareth Stansfield -- The Democratic transition in Iraq and the discovery of its limitations / Glen Rangwala -- Iraq, political reconstruction and liberal theory / John Horton and Yoke-Lian Lee -- Afghanistan and Iraq : failed states or democracy on hold? / Iftikhar H. Malik -- The Iraq Body Count project : civil society and the democratic deficit / John Sloboda and Hamit Dardagan -- Story development, or, Walter Mitty the Undefeated / Alex Danchev.

Summary: "The Iraq War and Democratic Politics" contains the work of leading scholars concerned with the political implications of the Iraq War and its relationship to and significance for democracy. The book shuns simplistic analysis and provides a nuanced and critical overview of this key moment in global politics. Subjects covered include: The underlying moral and political issues raised by the War - US foreign policy and the Middle East - The bitter divisions within the US policymaking institutions - How the war was perceived in the UK, EU & US - The immense challenges of creating democracy inside Iraq - The influential role of NGOs such as the Iraq Body Count website - The legitimacy of the war within international law - The implications of the revelations of torture by coalition forces." -- Cover.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A)	Main Collection	DS79.76.I7275 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0013107610

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Iraq War and Democratic Politics" contains the work of leading scholars concerned with the political implications of the Iraq War and its relationship to and significance for democracy. The book shuns simplistic analysis and provides a nuanced and critical overview of this key moment in global politics. Subjects covered include: The underlying moral and political issues raised by the War - US foreign policy and the Middle East - The bitter divisions within the US policymaking institutions - How the war was perceived in the UK, EU & US - The immense challenges of creating democracy inside Iraq - The influential role of NGOs such as the Iraq Body Count website - The legitimacy of the war within international law - The implications of the revelations of torture by coalition forces." -- Cover.

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