Book contents
- Diasporic State-Building
- The Global Middle East
- Diasporic State-Building
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1Diasporas as Constitutive Actors in State-Building
- 2Iraqi migration to the UK and Sweden
- 3The Drums of War: Transnational Civil Society and Opposition Ahead of the Intervention
- 4The UK Iraqi Diaspora: Institution-Building and Governance
- 5The Swedish Iraqi Diaspora: Bottom-up State-Building
- 6Diasporic State-Building and Its Legacies
- 7Diasporic State-Building and Its Implications for Understanding World Politics
- References
- Index
Introduction
The Iraqi Diaspora, Military Intervention, and State-Building
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2025
Book contents
- Diasporic State-Building
- The Global Middle East
- Diasporic State-Building
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1Diasporas as Constitutive Actors in State-Building
- 2Iraqi migration to the UK and Sweden
- 3The Drums of War: Transnational Civil Society and Opposition Ahead of the Intervention
- 4The UK Iraqi Diaspora: Institution-Building and Governance
- 5The Swedish Iraqi Diaspora: Bottom-up State-Building
- 6Diasporic State-Building and Its Legacies
- 7Diasporic State-Building and Its Implications for Understanding World Politics
- References
- Index
Summary
The book’s introduction draws the reader to the unique case study of the Iraqi diaspora and its involvement in state-building following military intervention in 2003. The chapter introduces the book’s puzzle, which questions why diasporas have thus far been ignored in analyses of state formation and state-building. Contextualising the book within the diaspora and state-building literature will also delineate the book’s unique contribution to both fields and its wider appeal to policymakers, the media, and thinktanks. The chapter then underlines the book’s original conceptual and empirical contribution to the study and understanding of the role of diasporas in state formation and state-building processes, which also includes the role of civil society in weak, postcolonial, post-conflict states. This is then followed by an outline and breakdown of the book to guide the reader.
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- Diasporic State-BuildingTransnational Networks and the Making of Post-2003 Iraq, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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