SH’ISM AND STATE IN CONTEMPORARY IRAQ: FROM
DISCRIMINATION TO POLITICAL POWER
SH’ISM AND STATE IN CONTEMPORARY IRAQ: FROM
DISCRIMINATION TO POLITICAL POWER
Author(s): Marius Lazăr, Ecaterina CepoiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA)
Keywords: Iraq; Shi’a; Islam; Middle East; Nuri al-Maliki
Summary/Abstract: The paper is a reflection and an analysis of the evolution of Iraqi Shi’a in relation to the national construction processes of the state and its interactions with its regional geopolitical environment where religious identities represent a decisive element in shaping the behaviors of states or of different under- or over-state actors. The core of the research is represented by the political phenomenology of Iraqi Shi’as, but it is always contextualized within the broader context of domestic politics in Iraq and the multiple dynamics of the Persian Gulf and of the Middle East in general.
Journal: Romanian Journal of Society and Politics
- Issue Year: 9/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 111-136
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English