A Study of Federalism in Iraq from the View of the Micro Level of Analysis

Abstract In Iraq of the post – Saddam era, the form of government has been changed to a federal and decentralized one. Federalism as one of the three form of government has been considered as a uniting factor. Being a country of many races, ethnic groups and religious factions, Iraq, has adopted federalism as its governmental form based on article 4 of the provisional constitution and article one of the permanent constitution for the post – Saddam era. However, selecting Federalism has had different reflects in national levels. In one hand, Kurds as the designers of Federalism in Iraq, have not a serious and deep belief to this subject. Sunnites are agreed only with Federalism in Kurdistan region. Finally, in Shiites coalitions, whether some of them are agree or not.