Facing a deteriorating economy and a weakening hold over the populace, the Iraqi state under Saddam Hussein opted to revitalize tribal leaders and conservative practices as a means of stabilizing state power; those conservative practices were not an inherent feature of a predominantly Muslim country.

Nadje Al-Ali

Stichwörter: politics men women foreign-policy economics state government islam iraq saddam-hussein iraqi-state

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