Strategy, implementation, and state-building: Why governance failed after the post-2011 drawdown of US forces from Iraq?

<p>In this thesis I argue that US Military and Civilian leadership in Iraq, while both well-trained and well-intentioned, implemented a failed strategy that sought to fill institutional gaps within various national and sub-national governmental entities. This strategy provided short-term gains...

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Main Author:	Baxter, Charles Allen
Other Authors:	Brian D. Shoup
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Language:	en
Published:	MSSTATE 2019
Subjects:	Political Science and Public Administration
Online Access:	http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03142019-071328/

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spelling	ndltd-MSSTATE-oai-library.msstate.edu-etd-03142019-0713282019-05-16T06:13:01Z Strategy, implementation, and state-building: Why governance failed after the post-2011 drawdown of US forces from Iraq? Baxter, Charles Allen Political Science and Public Administration <p>In this thesis I argue that US Military and Civilian leadership in Iraq, while both well-trained and well-intentioned, implemented a failed strategy that sought to fill institutional gaps within various national and sub-national governmental entities. This strategy provided short-term gains by increasing the capacity and capability of Iraqs government to deliver public goods and services to its citizens thereby improving government legitimacy. Yet, in the long-term, a largely decentralized approach to development, a maladaptive transition plan, and an illusory estimate of the capacity of the security apparatus within Iraq proved detrimental to the broader US strategic objectives and state-building efforts in Iraq.</p> Brian D. Shoup Vasabjit Banerjee Benjamin Tkach MSSTATE 2019-05-15 text application/pdf http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03142019-071328/ http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03142019-071328/ en restricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, Dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Mississippi State University Libraries or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, Dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, Dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, Dissertation, or project report.
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description	<p>In this thesis I argue that US Military and Civilian leadership in Iraq, while both well-trained and well-intentioned, implemented a failed strategy that sought to fill institutional gaps within various national and sub-national governmental entities. This strategy provided short-term gains by increasing the capacity and capability of Iraqs government to deliver public goods and services to its citizens thereby improving government legitimacy. Yet, in the long-term, a largely decentralized approach to development, a maladaptive transition plan, and an illusory estimate of the capacity of the security apparatus within Iraq proved detrimental to the broader US strategic objectives and state-building efforts in Iraq.</p>
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title	Strategy, implementation, and state-building: Why governance failed after the post-2011 drawdown of US forces from Iraq?
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Strategy, implementation, and state-building: Why governance failed after the post-2011 drawdown of US forces from Iraq?

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