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Rear, Michael,

Intervention, ethnic conflict and state-building in Iraq: a paradigm for the post-colonial state/ Michael Rear. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - xviii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268) and index.

Part I: Literature Review

Chapter 1: Theories of Ethnic Identification and Conflict.
Chapter 2: Approaches to the State-Building Process
Chapter 3: The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Ethnic Conflicts
Part II: Theory-Building
Chapter 4: The State-Centric Model and its Critics
Chapter 5: Ethnic Conflict and the State-Building Process: Toward an Integrated Theory
for a Global, Post-Cold War Era
Chapter 6: Globalization, The End of the Cold War, Increasing State Failure, and Ethnic
Mobilization
Chapter 7: Ethnic Conflict, State-Building, and UN Peacekeeping: An Integrated Theory
for the Post-Cold War Era

Part III: Case Study

Chapter 8: Patterns of State Formation in the Middle East and Western Europe: A
Comparison
Chapter 9: W(h)ither Iraq? The Impact of Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts Upon the
State-Building Process
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography

ISBN: 9780415964661 0415964660

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Peace-building--Iraq.
Nation-building--Iraq.
Ethnic conflict--Iraq.

Dewey Class. No.: 956.704 / REA/R