POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Saddam Hussein, Khalistan Movement, Identity Politics
8 May 2017
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Various terms exist but these are all social constructs. Imagined communities that are sometimes fluid and can be large or small. Certain splits are relevant in some areas and not in others and some change. African nations are particularly diverse in part thanks to the colonial drawing of borders. Fault line developed in many ways with varying degrees of political division within ethnic groups. Sadaam hussein was sunni (secularist personally) in terms of government. However he hired from his family and circles most sunni. Mixed areas of baghdad have unmixed as minorities flee. Repressive order kept a loud on ethnic politics. After the us invaded a cycle of sectarian violence and sectarian revenge began. Religion became more important in politics after having not been that big of a deal. Ethnic identity was strengthened by violence and the influence of radicals. After the 2005 constitution, iraq got a quasi-federal, quasi-democratic system.
