| | Contemporary Conflicts |
 | | The relationship between the state and these two social classes was quite transparent in the sense that individuals from both classes or their descendents and kinsmen invariably occupied leading posts in the cabinets and the parliament (Batatu 1978: 358-9). |
| | The backgrounds of the new revolutionary leaders, almost all owing their rise to occupying jobs in the state apparatus and particularly the armed forces, was an additional reason for fetishizing the state and its capabilities to 'produce' progress. |
| | As the state became the single largest employer and purchaser as well as the dispenser of foreign exchange in the economy, private capital itself became increasingly dependent on a state that discouraged transparency under the pretext of national security. |
| conconflicts.ssrc.org /iraq/khafaji (7268 words) |
