The modernization theory and globalization are ideas that hold true to the society of Iraq. The modernization theory is the fundamental proposition that people in traditional societies should adopt the characteristics of modern societies in order to modernize their social, political and economic institutions . This is also related to globalization and westernization. Globalization is the name for the process of increasing the connectivity and interdependence of the world's markets a

nd businesses . The biggest influence that was made on Iraq was from the Western world. This influence came first in the form of transportation and the switch to cash crop production for export. As this was happening, the population of traveling people decreased and the sedentary population increased, particularly in the south. As this was occurring, production increased and consequently so did exports and earnings. The society was changing from pastoral to agricultural, subsistence to commercial, tribal-communal to landlord. Marketing towns increased and handicraft industries were eradicated. It also marked the urban growth with a mercantile and bureaucratic-administrative character that is still a strong feature of Iraqi society.

Foreign policy is a concept that Isbister talks about as well. In the 1980’s, Iraq’s main foreign policy was the war in Iran. The goal of the war was to halt any potential foreign assistance to the Shias and to the Kurdish opponents of the regime and to end Iranian domination of the area . The war was supposed to be an easy victory, but ended up to be lengthy and more problematic than initially anticipated. The several compromises proposed between the two sides were unacceptable, so the strategy was to get out of the war with as little damage as possible. This war was a burden on Iraq politically, economically, and socially. The only beneficial consequence of the war was its impact on the patterns of Iraq's foreign relations. The two changes were with the relations between Iraq and the Un

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