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Reconstructing Iraq's Budgetary Institutions

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Description for Reconstructing Iraq's Budgetary Institutions paperback. Examines the efforts to reconstruct Iraq's vital budgetary system after the 2003 invasion as a key element of the American-led Coalition's state-building and counterinsurgency strategy. Num Pages: 299 pages, 7 b/w illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JPH; KCP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Consistent with the literature on state building, failed states, peacekeeping and foreign assistance, this book argues that budgeting is a core state activity necessary for the operation of a functional government. Employing a historical institutionalist approach, this book first explores the Ottoman, British and Ba'athist origins of Iraq's budgetary institutions. The book next examines American pre-war planning, the Coalition Provisional Authority's rule-making and budgeting following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the mixed success of the Coalition's capacity-building programs initiated throughout the occupation. This book sheds light on the problem of 'outsiders' building states, contributes to a more comprehensive ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107678767
SKU
V9781107678767
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About James D. Savage
James D. Savage is Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. He received a PhD in Political Science, an MPP in Public Policy and an MA in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Savage is the author of Funding Science in America: Congress, Universities, and the Politics of the Academic Pork Barrel (Cambridge University Press, 2000), Making the ... Read more

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