Challenges to the Weberian state: hybrid state and non-state actors in Iraq
Výzvy Weberově koncepci státu: hybridní stát a nestátní aktéři v Iráku
diploma thesis (DEFENDED)
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Author
Advisor
Referee
Bahenský, Vojtěch
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Social Sciences
Discipline
International Security Studies
Department
Department of Security Studies
Date of defense
22. 9. 2021
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědLanguage
English
Grade
Very good
Keywords (English)
iraq, pmf, paramilitary politics, duopoly of violenceThis thesis examines the relationship between the Popular Mobilization Forces and the state in post-conflict Iraq. It critically assesses their link as mutually exploitative and derives back their agency to both actors. The concept of hybridity, to characterise a behaviour that is simultaneously cooperative and competitive, is applied to both terms of the dyad. Overcoming the Western conception of the state, the research offers to consider the Iraq as a post- Weberian system where hybrid state and non-state actors collaborate to offer an alternative political order.