Elites, Institutions, and Ethnic State Capture in Pre- and Post-2003 Iraq
A Crown Seminar with Shamiran Mako
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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How have group conflicts shaped the formation of states and state-building in the Middle East? How do ethnic elites govern in divided societies like Iraq? In this Crown Seminar, Shamiran Mako, in conversation with Melani Cammett, discusses the relationship between ethnic conflict and post-conflict state-building in Iraq. Drawing on her current book project, Structuring Exclusion: the Institutional Legacies of Ethnic Conflict in Iraq, Mako will examine how historical grievances have shaped attitudes toward power-sharing institutions among Iraqi dissident and opposition groups before and after the regime change in 2003.
Shamiran Mako is an assistant professor of international relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University with a joint appointment in Boston University’s political science department.
Melani Cammett, discussant, is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government and Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.