SOC203H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Saddam Hussein, Absolute Monarchy, Moral Authority
Document Summary
Different forms of authority: political (control of the state), religious/moral (control over defining right/wrong), intellectual (control over public opinion ie ideology) March 2003 us attacked iraq, on may 1st bush announced major combat invasions were over in. The significance: decency has not returned to iraq, after the end of the war there were 109 terror bombings, in the 3rd year there were over 1000 terror bombings. Two sect in islam: suni and shiats. Clearly there was authority in iraq before the us, which was hussein. That means that thousands of people lost their jobs; the administrators etc. Third mistake: the us did not want to rely on former soldiers or police officers which created over. This generated more anger towards the us. Positive law approach: laws are socially constructed; no under riding consistent rules of what is right or wrong.
