Negotiating in Civil Conflict: Constitutional Construction and Imperfect Bargaining in Iraq

by Haider Ala Hamoudi

In 2005, Iraq drafted its first constitution and held the country's first democratic election in more than fifty years. Even under ideal conditions, drafting a constitution can be a prolonged process marked by contentious debate, and conditions in Iraq are far from ideal: Iraq has long been racked by ethnic and sectarian conflict, which intensified following the American invasion and continues today. This severe division, which often erupted into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226315347
• ISBN13: 9780226315348
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 328 Pages