The October uprising and reform in Iraq : an analytical study of a popular uprising phenomenon

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The study’s aim depends on the theoretical hypothesis’s statement: reform in Iraq comes from the bottom to the top, not the opposite.

In most countries, reform comes according to a deliberate governmental program.

Whereas in Iraq, reform comes from people’s discontent toward political corruption.

Thus, reform in Iraq is not a vision presented by the Government to act upon, but rather, it is relatively a government’s reaction to diminishing the uprising of the masses.

This study presents the popular uprising values in reforming Iraq’s path and the Government through an analytical approach.

We look into the Iraqi reality that almost reached a dead end and relied on the masses to change the parties’ equation of consensus.

The study expresses the extent of the manifestation of “national identity” during the October Popular Uprising as a reforming act and the masses’ goal of “building a nation.” This study presents an analytical vision for Iraq’s future and its national identity, which brings back the people’s voice after being suppressed by the “Ethnic” and “Sectarianism” parties.