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Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing State
Contributor(s): Wozniak, Jesse (Author)

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ISBN: 0520355717     ISBN-13: 9780520355712
Publisher: University of California Press
OUR PRICE: $31.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - Iraq
- Social Science | Criminology
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 363.209
LCCN: 2020037086
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.75 lbs) 254 pages
 
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Policing Iraq chronicles the efforts of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to rebuild their police force and criminal justice system in the wake of the US invasion. Jesse S. G. Wozniak conducted ethnographic research during multiple stays in Iraqi Kurdistan, observing such signpost moments as the Arab Spring, the official withdrawal of coalition forces, the rise of the Islamic State, and the return of US forces. By investigating the day-to-day reality of reconstructing a police force during active hostilities, Wozniak demonstrates how police are integral to the modern state's ability to effectively rule and how the failure to recognize this directly contributed to the destabilization of Iraq and the rise of the Islamic State. The reconstruction process ignored established practices and scientific knowledge, instead opting to create a facade of legitimacy masking a police force characterized by low pay, poor recruits, and a training regimen wholly unsuited to a constitutional democracy. Ultimately, Wozniak argues, the United States never intended to build a democratic state but rather to develop a dependent client to serve its neoimperial interests.
 
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