| ID | 076738 |
| Title Proper | Iraq |
| Other Title Information | exception to, or epitome of contemporary post-conflict reconstruction |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lacher, Wolfram |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the literature on post-conflict reconstruction, the intervention in Iraq has been understood as an exception to, if not an aberration from, contemporary state-building. This article argues that whether Iraq is an exception to, or the epitome of post-conflict reconstruction depends on the genealogy one attributes to the latter. Denying that Iraq is an exemplary instance of contemporary reconstruction means neglecting the continuities of state-building from interwar trusteeship via Germany and Vietnam to the contemporary reproduction of the neoliberal model - continuities which the example of Iraq exposes more clearly than prior cases. An outline of the genealogy of state-building and an analysis of Iraqi reconstruction both point to the reproduction of a hegemonic international order as the rationale of statebuilding now and then. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Peacekeeping Vol. 14, No.2; Apr 2007: p237-250 |
| Journal Source | International Peacekeeping Vol. 14, No.2; Apr 2007: p237-250 |
| Key Words | Post-Conflict Reconstruction ; Iraq War ; State Building |