Abstract

HOFF, Natali  and  BLANCO, Ramon. Peacebuilding as international normalization: a critical analysis of the Iraqi case. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2021, n.69, pp.121-141.  Epub Mar 31, 2021. ISSN 1645-9199.  https://doi.org/10.23906/ri2021.69a08.

This article critically analyzes the process of state-building undertaken in Iraq after the 2003 invasion from the theoretical and conceptual contributions of Michel Foucault. The state-building is understood as a normalizing dispositif directed towards ‘post-conflict’ states which operates through the pursuit of disciplining such state and exercising a government as conduct of conduct. The analysis focuses on the role of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). The CPA engagement in the (re) construction of Iraq is understood as an attempt to drive state behavior through discipline and the Iraqi population through government and biopolitics to normalize their conduct towards a certain end - to make them resemble liberal and democratic entities.

Keywords : State-Building; peacebuilding; Coalition Provisional Authority; Iraq.

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