Correction/Clarification on Iraqi
PR/mmd system
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275
legislative seats
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230
allocated by proportion of party vote in
the province in which the parties ran
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45
seats allocated first to parties that achieved more votes than the total number
of all votes divided by 275 (the number of seats), then allocated to each party
based on their national share of the vote
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228
parties or groups of parties registered
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notable
division among Sunni
groups
Was Civil War in
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oil
as a rentable commodity
o
state
as a target
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per
capita income low
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ethnic
majority with significant minorities
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decline
of Iraqi state capacity (1988-2003)
o
debt
from Iran-Iraq war (1980-88)
o
uprisings
after UN-Iraq war (1991)
o
effect
of economic sanctions (1991-2003)
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fear
of majoritarian democracy
o
Sunnis
& Kurds fear Shi’ite dominance
o
Shi’ite & Kurds fear Sunni dominance
o
Shi’ite & Sunnis fear Kurdish separatism