The theory and reality of democracy a case study in Iraq - Gupta, Suman 1966- (Continuum, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The politically realist methodology -- Democracy and political realism -- Cosmopolitan democracy -- Rawls and liberal democracy -- Habermas and deliberative democracy -- Radical democracy -- Democratization studies and comparative politics -- Democracy and the real world -- The context -- Dossiers and the justification for military intervention in Iraq -- UN Security Council debates -- Protest rallies -- Reconstructing a 'Democratic' Iraq -- Iraq-invasion-democracy