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"So one of the reasons that we’ve seen such a strong focus on ethnic, tribal, denominational, other identities in Iraq, is that when the state collapsed, people had little choice but to find some marker of identity that they thought would have some chance of working for them. And these were the identities that were there."

#NoahFeldman, 2005

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/01/what-we-owe-iraq-interview-noah-feldman/

#Iraq #neoliberalism #StructuralAdjustment

What We Owe Iraq: An Interview with Noah Feldman

A former adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority on the ethics of nation-building and the promise and perils of Iraqi elections.

Mother Jones
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"We didn’t create these identities—they already existed—it’s that we turned those identities into focal points for self-organization, by virtue of our failure to provide security."

#NoahFeldman, 2005

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/01/what-we-owe-iraq-interview-noah-feldman/

To what degree do we also observe this in countries where structural adjustment has eroded or destroyed their social safety net?

What We Owe Iraq: An Interview with Noah Feldman

A former adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority on the ethics of nation-building and the promise and perils of Iraqi elections.

Mother Jones