Kurdish identity : human rights and political status / edited by Charles G. MacDonald and Carole A. O'Leary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MacDonald, Charles G.

O'Leary, Carole.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Ethnic identity.

Kurds.

Kurds--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 336 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2007]

Summary:

Iraqi Kurdistan is in flux. Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iran, and Syria are also unsettled. Kurdish Identity gives voice to academics, diplomats, and Kurdish politicians in exploring the group often called the key to stability in the Middle East. The contributors to this volume examine the history, geographic and cultural differences, and Western perceptions of Kurdish identity. With a minimum of jargon and theory, the collection will significantly expand any discussion of the Kurdish issue beyond Iraq, and should become a valuable contribution to ongoing debates about the issue.

Contents:

Kurdish identity: an introduction / Charles G. MacDonald

Perspective of Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regional Government

Perspective of Michael Van Dusen, Deputy Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Perspective of Shafiq Qazzaz, Minister of Humanitarian Assistance and Cooperation, Kurdistan Regional Government

Perspective of Abdul Aziz Said, Director, Center for Global Peace, American University

Öcalan's capture as a catalyst for democracy and Turkey's candidacy for accession to the European Union / Michael M. Gunter

Five stages of the construction of Kurdish nationalism in Turkey / M. Hakan Yavuz

Perspectives on conflict prevention and reconciliation / Gülistan Gürbey

Turkey-Iran relations and the Kurdish question, 1997-2001 / Robert W. Olson

The United States policy and the Iraqi Kurds / David L. Mack

The Iraqi State, the opposition, and the road to reconciliation / Hanna Y. Freij

Political impact of sanctions in Iraqi Kurdistan / Rend Rahim Francke

Ethnic cleansing in Iraqi Kurdistan / Nouri Talabani

Iraqi Kurdistan: The humanitarian program / Stafford Clarry

Ottoman lessons for a federal Iran / Ernest Tucker

Federalism as a model for democracy / Ali Babakhan

Communalism and the future of Iraq / Carole A. O'Leary

Kurdish nationalism in Iran / Charles G. MacDonald

Competing national identities: the Kurdish conundrum in Iran / Nader Entessar

The human rights of Kurds in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Elahé Sharifpour Hicks and Neil Hicks

Economic transition of Kurdish nationalism in Iran / Farideh Koohi-Kamali

The Arab World and the Kurds / Michael Collins Dunn

The European perspective / Kendal Nezan

An American diplomat's perspective / Francis J. Ricciardone

The Kurdish identity: Kurds in a democratic Iraq and beyond / Carole A. O'Leary and Charles G. MacDonald.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-323) and index.

ISBN:

9780813030845

0813030846

OCLC:

122424627