| ID | 188711 |
| Title Proper | Infrastructure, Revenue, and Services |
| Other Title Information | Non-State Governance in Iraq’s Disputed Territories |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cancian, Matthew ; Greenwald, Diana B |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | While states and non-state armed groups often engage in militarised conflict over contested territory, at other times they co-govern in a tenuous equilibrium. Using a survey of over 1,600 Kurdish soldiers (Peshmerga) and elite interviews, we investigate local variation in shared governance in one such context – the disputed territories of northern Iraq. Despite the area being under Kurdish military control, the Iraqi government continued to provide services in districts where it had pre-existing infrastructural capacity. However, in revenue-producing districts, Kurdish actors appropriated infrastructural power to provide services themselves. This illustrates that non-state governance strategies, and their outputs, can vary locally. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 24, No.4; Dec 2022: p.445-496 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol: 24 No 4 |
| Key Words | Revenue ; Infrastructure ; Services ; Non-State Governance ; Iraq’s Disputed Territories |