State matters : theorizing state fragmentation and consolidation from Iraq /

Why does the state matter to its people? How do people know and experience the state? And how did the state come to be both desired and dreaded by its subjects? This study offers a historically grounded social theoretical account of state consolidation in Iraq, from the foundation of the country as...

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Main Author:	Alahmad, Nida (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Series:	Global Middle East (Cambridge, England) ; 39.
Subjects:	Nation-building > Iraq. Legitimacy of governments > Iraq. State, The. Iraq > Politics and government. Reconstruction d'une nation > Irak. Légitimité des gouvernements > Irak. État. Irak > Politique et gouvernement.