State building and transitional politics in Iraq: The perils of a top-down transition

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-271

  Papagianni, Katia ^a  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constitution making; Consultation; State building; Transitional institutions

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL PROCESS; STATE BUILDING;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547400628     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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