Iraq

Tim Niblock

List of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Introduction 2. Iraq: The Fertile Crescent Dimension 3. State Power and Economic Structure: Class Determination and State Formation in Contemporary Iraq 4. Recent Developments in the Kurdish Issue 5. Saddam Hussain’s Political Thinking: the Comparison with Nasser 6. The Emancipation of Iraqi Women 7. Revolution within the Revolution? Women and the State in Iraq 8. The Eradication of Illiteracy in Iraq 9. United States – Iraq Relations: A Spring Thaw? 10. Iraqi Polices towards the Arab States of the Gulf, 1958-1981 11. Economic Relations between Iraq and Other Arab Gulf States 12. Iraqi Oil Policy: 1961-1976 13. Problems of Rural Development in an Oil-Rich Economy: Iraq 1958-1975 14. Western, Soviet and Egyptian Influences on Iraq’s Development Planning 15. The Challenge of Human Resources Development in Iraq 16. Industrial Development and the Decision-making Process List of Contributors Index