{"id":19980,"date":"2023-03-22T14:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=19980"},"modified":"2024-11-20T13:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T13:54:37","slug":"changing-the-system-from-within-opposition-parties-iraq-post-2019","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/publication\/changing-the-system-from-within-opposition-parties-iraq-post-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the System from Within? Opposition Parties &#038; Democracy in Iraq Post-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Changing the System from Within? The Role of Opposition Parties in Consolidating Democracy in Iraq Post-2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u062a\u063a\u064a\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0638\u0627\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644\u061f \u062f\u0648\u0631 \u0623\u062d\u0632\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0627\u0631\u0636\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u064a\u0645\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0637\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0639\u0627\u0645<\/strong> <strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>English and Arabic versions | \u062a\u062d\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a<\/p>\n<p>Author: Taif Alkhudary<\/p>\n<p>This report examines the role that two of the most prominent opposition parties emerging out of the October 2019 protests \u2013 Al Bayt Al Watani and Imtidad \u2013 can play in consolidating democracy in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Findings indicate that both parties have developed strong identities based on unitary Iraqi nationalism and civic principles. Because of these identities, both continue to face a backlash from the dominant sectarian post-2003 parties. Both parties also face a lack of legal protections and substantial structural issues; both have struggled with developing common conventions of behaviour and ensuring that party conduct is carried out in accordance with democratic principles. Opposition parties also face pressures of exclusion from establishment parties, sometimes leading to violence, and compromising opposition parties\u2019 autonomy and their ability to develop reformist policies and programmes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report highlights challenges faced by opposition parties that emerged out of the October 2019 protests. | \u062a\u062d\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":19981,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":""},"categories":[1825,1836,235],"tags":[],"authors":[1954],"class_list":["post-19980","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iraq","category-peace-processes-themes","category-publication","countries-iraq","authors-alkhudary","themes-peace-processes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Changing the System from Within? 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