| Popis: |
Ten years after the forcible removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime, there is still a lot of controversy over the prospects for democracy in Iraq. Although the twentieth century witnessed several periods of democratic experiment in Iraq under the administration of both the monarchical and republican governments, the focus on a unified sense of Iraqi nationalism built around a distinctly Arab narrative remained largely unchanged. In the context of the multiethnic character of Iraqi society, the predominance of the Arab nationalist discourse led to the establishment of a contentious relationship between the state and non-Arab minorities, particularly the Kurds, who form the second largest ethnic group in the country after the Arabs. |
