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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…
Workshop at #LSE @LSEMiddleEast on #SectarianPoliticsinLongueDuree and lovely to see #SamiZubaida as ever #SEPAD 
@bassel67 important point that sectarianism is not just matter of ideological but also the imaginary, the material, clientelist and institutionalist. Elements of official political economy (govt budget) and unofficial (corruption) underpins @LSEMiddleEast
@ProfTobyDodge point of sectarian quota system in #Iraq using a #Bourdieu structuralist approach - symbolic violence, political economy (way in which #wikala system work for senior civil servants), coercive capital.
