This study attempts to reconsider governance in a post-conflict society by shedding special light on non-official actors, using the case of Iraq after the U.S. invasion of 2003.
Widespread governance indicators such as ‘Worldwide Governance Indicators’ tend to emphasize the abilities of the government to govern a certain country. This cannot, however, be applied while analysing situations in a post-conflict society, as non-governmental or non-official bodies tend to play an important role in organizing the government, as well as in shaping the political institutions that influence the process of state building. Hence, this study tries to clarify the alternative roles played by non-official actors such as tribes, regional governors, and religious establishments by evaluating governance in post-war Iraq.
The study concludes that these non-official actors prevented a collapse of governance by the government, and contributed to improving it by maintaining public security, improving public services, and supervising governmental policies in post-war Iraq.
This implies that analysing governance by paying attention to non-official actors might also contribute to the research on state building in post-conflict societies.
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