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How to understand the outbreak of violence in Baghdad?

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1. Iraq’s informal politics and its shortcomings. Much of the rules of gov. formation in Iraq are INFORMAL, the outcome of intra-elite deals—including the choice of the prime minister, usually selected among Shiite parties by consensus. @ProfTobyDodge eprints.lse.ac.uk/106532/2/Dodge…
2.Informal, old rules are unable to guide the political process. Shiite parties can no longer agree by consensus & engage in a competition to dominate representation of the Shia community. tcf.org/content/report…
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