Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East Actors, Ideas, and Interests

Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East Actors, Ideas, and Interests / edited by Emel Elif Tugdar, Serhun Al.

This edited volume introduces the political, social and economic intra-Kurdish dynamics in the Middle East by comparatively analyzing the main actors, their ideas, and political interests. As an ethnic group and a nation in the making, Kurds are not homogeneous and united but rather the Kurdish Midd...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tugdar, Emel Elif (Editor), Al, Serhun (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Middle East—Politics and government.
Middle East—History.
Middle East—Economic conditions.
Peace.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of Turkomans
  • 2. Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of Turkomans
  • 3. Human Security versus National Security and the Function of Nationalism as ‘Security-Provider’: An Analysis of the Kurds and the Turkish State
  • 4. Ideological Distance, Nationalist Projects, and Kurdish Extra- and Cross-Communal Relations
  • 5. Statehood, autonomy or unitary coexistence? A comparative analysis of how Kurdish groups approach the idea of self-determination
  • Part III: Interests
  • 6. Ethnic Capital Across Borders and Regional Development: A Comparative Analysis of Kurds in the Middle East
  • 7. In Search of Tomorrow: Speculation, Futures, and Capitalism in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 8. Explaining Variation in Political Gains: The Case of Iranian Kurdistan
  • Conclusion.

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