Difficult Transition: Iraq`s Road to Democracy
2 March 2013
SOAS, University of London
This one-day conference will bring together academics, policy-makers, politicians, journalists and civic organisations from both inside and outside of Iraq to examine the country`s experiences with democratic governance since the fall of the Baath regime in April 2003. The relationship between democracy and the country`s political, social and cultural trends will be explored from retrospective, current and prospective angles.
Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers dealing with following themes:
- The Iraqi constitution and its limits/possibilities
- The sociology of power and the impact on democratic nation-building
- Culture and ideology - political ideas, practices and discourse
The deadline for abstracts is 18 February 2013. For more nformation, email sss01hh@gold.ac.uk.