Exogenous Sectarian Democratization

From Praetorian Exclusionary State to Exogenous Sectarian Democratization

Required Readings

Ariel I. Ahram, “Republic of Iraq,” in Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Boulder, Co: Westview, 2017: pp. 235-269. WILL ATTACH PAGES

Recommended Reading

Toby Dodge, “Iraq: The Contradictions of Exogenous State-Building in Historical Perspective,” Third World Quarterly 27 (February 2006): pp. 187-200.

Emma Sky, “Iraq, From Surge to Sovereignty – Winding down the War in Iraq,” Foreign Affairs (March/April, 2011).

International Crisis Group, “Fight or Flight: The Desperate Plight of Iraq’s ‘Generation 2000′,Middle East & North Africa Report 169 August 8, 2016: pp.1-31.

Write a one-page paper summarizing the readings, articles or report. Students should analyze by answering one or more of the following questions:

How significant is the question?

How convincing or persuasive is the argument?

Is there a different methodology the author could have used?

How logical are the causes and outcomes behind the argument?

Is the empirical evidence and methodology sound, why or why not? Are there alternative explanations the author could have considered?

What solutions does the reading propose to solve a specific issue and do you agree with them and have others to propose?

Solution preview for the order on exogenous sectarian democratization

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