• Corpus ID: 150736092

Uses and Abuses of Hegemony: Socialisation of Democratic Norms in Post-War Germany and Post-War Iraq

@inproceedings{Flockhart2004UsesAA,
  title={Uses and Abuses of Hegemony: Socialisation of Democratic Norms in Post-War Germany and Post-War Iraq},
  author={Trine Flockhart},
  year={2004}
}

• Trine Flockhart
• Published 2004
• Political Science, Sociology

The article investigates to what extent a position of hegemony is useful for the socialisation of norms in a domestic setting, in this case the democratisation of post-war Germany and post-war Iraq. By utilising a theoretical model called ‘Complex Socialisation’ which emphasises self- and other categorisation processes as the key independent variable at both the state/elite and nation/people level, and by distinguishing between hegemony based on coercion and hegemony based on consent, the article shows that the prospects for successful socialisation of democratic norms in present-day Iraq are poor, despite the many similarities between the two processes, and despite the political rhetoric.