Kurdish Issues : Essays in Honor of Robert W. Olson / compiled and edited by Michael M. Gunter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olson, Robert W., honouree.

Gunter, Michael M., compiler, editor.

Series:

Bibliotheca Iranica. Kurdish studies series ; no. 13.

Bibliotheca Iranica: Kurdish Studies Series ; no. 13

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê.

Kurds--Politics and government.

Kurds.

Physical Description:

xiii, 319 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Costa Mesa, California : Mazda Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

In English; with one essay in French.

Summary:

This volume contains 13 essays, written by a group of distinguished scholars, on the most important issues facing the Kurds today. Subjects covered include politics, economics, ISIS, and number of issues that will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, and the intelligent lay public. Moreover, in delving into the nuances of such themes as ethno-nationalist origins, self-determination, US-KRG relations, democratic autonomy, ISIS, Kobane, the Kurdish Diaspora, Ataturk and Bourguiba, among others, these essays will definitely stand the test of time.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Kemal Atatürk and Habib Bourguiba : Brothers from Different Mothers? / Michael B. Bishku

Chapter 2. Nationalisme, Contestation Rurale et Bataille de la Civilisation : Repression et Resistance au Kurdistan des Anness 1920-1940 / Hamit Bozarslan

Chapter 3. Behind the Front Lines : Kobani, Legitimacy, and Kurdish Diaspora Mobilization / Vera Eccarius-Kelly

Chapter 4. The Promises and Limits of Legal Mechanisms : The Case of Kurdish Self-determination / Nader Entessar

Chapter 5. Kurdish Political Activism in Turkey : An Overview / Cengiz Gunes

Chapter 6. Colonialism, Self-Determination and Independence : The New PKK Paradigm / Joost Jongerden

Chapter 7. Realistic Strategies for Combatting ISIS / Till F. Paasche, Mohammed M.A. Ahmed, and Michael M. Gunter

Chapter 8. Relations between the United States and Iraqi Kurdistan / David Romano and Rikar Hussein

Chapter 9. Will the Kurds Save Turkey? / Michael Rubin

Chapter 10. The PKK as the Lesser of Two Evils? Kurds, Islamists and the Battle for Kobani / Eva Savelsberg

Chapter 11. The Kurds and Crafting of the National Selves / Kamal Soleimani

Chapter 12. Beyond the Dichotomy of Accommodation Versus Resistance : the Kurdish Minority in Iraq and Syria in Long-Term and Comparative Perspectives, 1920-2015 / Jordi Tejel

Chapter 13. Reflections on Kurdish Society and Politics in Rojhelat : An Overview / Abbas Vali.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781568593104

1568593104

OCLC:

949669282