Democracy Culture an‎d Practice In Iraq: A Comparative Analyze Of Saddam an‎d Post-Saddam Era

Democracy practices may change from one state to another, as well as within a state from one era to another. When the recent developments considered, Iraq may be the most striking example of this variability. In this context, with the intervention made in 2003 and the closure of the Saddam era, Iraq has a new constitution and Iraqi people have new “rights and liberties”. Post-Saddam era brought hope for some groups in Iraq while rage for others: Hope especially for Shiites and Kurds who could not find fair representation for years and suffered from oppressive policies of Saddam; but, rage mostly for Sunni Arab tribes who had close ties with Saddam regime and for ex-Baathists and military elites who lost their posts and social status with the collapse of the regime. Also it is certain that the new era still contains ambiguities and state of chaos and disorder prevail.