The Iraqi Federation : origin, operation and significance / Farah Shakir

Bibliogr. p. 176-186

Iraq : imperial and historical legacies -- The origins of federations -- Justification for the adoption of federalism in Iraq -- Iraq's reconstruction : actors, pressures and challenges -- The constitutional process, the constitution and constitutionalism in Iraq -- The institutional structure of the Iraqi Federation -- The significance of the Iraqi federal experiment

Political instability has characterised the modern history of Iraq, which has proven itself as a complex state to govern. However, the creation of a federal system in 2005 offers the potential for change and a deviation from a past characterised by authoritarian government, brutality and war. The Iraqi Federation explores why and how Iraq became a federal state, and analyses how the process of formation impacts on the operation of the Iraqi federal system...