The Kurdish question revisited / edited by Gareth Stanfield and Mohammed Shareef.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stansfield, Gareth R. V., compiler.

Shareef, Mohammed, compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Politics and government.

Kurds.

Kurds--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

History.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Kurds--Autonomy and independence movements.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 705 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, 2017.

Summary:

The Kurds, once marginal in the study of the Middle East and secondary in its international relations, have moved to centre stage in recent years. In Turkey, where the Kurdish question is an issue of national significance, and in Iraq, where the gains made by the Kurdistan Regional Government have allowed it impose its authority, moves are afoot to solve 'the Kurdish Question' once and for all. In Syria, where the Kurds have borne the brunt of the Islamic State's onslaught as they defended their three self-declared cantons of Afrin, Kobane, and Cezire, and in Iran, where they struggle to express their cultural distinctive--ness and suffer disproportionately at the hands of the Islamic Republic's security and intelligence services, the pictures is less positive. Yet the situ--ations in both countries remain in flux, affected by developments in Iraq and Turkey in a manner that suggests we may have to revise the notion of the Kurds being forever divided by the bounda--ries of the Middle East's political geography and subsumed into the state projects of other nations.0The contributors to The Kurdish Question Revisited offer insights into how this once seemingly intractable, immutable phenomenon is be--ing transformed amid the new political realities of the Middle East.

Contents:

Part 1 Reflections on Debates of Identity and Nation

1 New Perspectives on Writing the History of the Kurds in Iraq, Syria and Turkey: A History and State of the Art Assessment / Jordi Tejel Tejel, Jordi 3

2 Social Movement Theory and Political Mobilization in Kurdistan / David Romano Romano, David 17

3 Religion Among the Kurds: Between Naqshbandi Sufism and IS Salafism / Michiel Leezenberg Leezenberg, Michiel 33

4 Politics of Memory: Kurdish Ethnic Identity and the Role of Collective Forgetting / Hakan Özoglu Özoglu, Hakan 47

5 "Being in Time": The Kurdish Movement and Universal Quests / Hamit Bozarslan Bozarslan, Hamit 61

6 Separated but Connected: The Synergic Effects in the Kurdistan Sub-System / Ofra Bengio Bengio, Ofra 77

7 Fact and Fiction in Modern Kurdish Narrative Discourse / Hashem Ahmadzadeh Ahmadzadeh, Hashem 93

8 Political and Everyday Religion in Kurdistan / Diane King King, Diane 105

9 The Shifting Borders of Conflict, Difference, and Oppression: Kurdish Folklore Revisited / Christine Allison Allison, Christine 115

10 Kurdish Music in Armenia: The Music of the Yezidis / Nahro Zagros Zagros, Nahro 135

Part 2 The Kurdish Question in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

11 The Sheikh Ubeidullah Rebellion of 1880 / Sabri Ates Ates, Sabri 159

12 Journalism Beyond Borders: The Bedirkhans and the First Kurdish Gazette, 1898-1902 / Janet Klein Klein, Janet 173

13 Mobilization of Kurds in Turkey during the 1980s and the 1990s / Cegiz Gunes Gunes, Cegiz 187

14 Turkey's Kurdish Problems, the Kurds' Turkish Problems / Bill Park Park, Bill 199

15 The Transformation of Turkey's Kurdish Question / Henri Barkey Barkey, Henri 211

16 Contrasting Turkish Paradigms Toward the Volatile Kurdish Question: Domestic and Foreign Considerations / Michael M. Gunter Gunter, Michael M. 225

17 The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK): Radical Democracy and the Right to Self-Determination Beyond the Nation-State / Joost Jongerden Jongerden, Joost 245

18 The PKK, the Kurdish Movement, and the Emergence of Kurdish Cultural Policies in Turkey / Clémence Scalbert-Yücel Scalbert-Yücel, Clémence 259

Part 3 The Kurdish Question and Syria

19 The Curious Question of PYD-PKK Relationship / Zeynep Kaya Kaya, Zeynep, Robert Lowe Lowe, Robert 275

20 Kurdish Political Parties and the Syrian Uprising / Harriet Allsopp Allsopp, Harriet 289

Part 4 The Kurdish Question and Iran

21 The Kurdish Conundrum and the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979-2003 / Nader Entessar Entessar, Nader 307

22 Identities and Ethnic Hierarchy: The Kurdish Question Revisited in Iran / Olivier Grojean Grojean, Olivier 319

23 Fellow Aryans and Muslim Brothers: Iranian Narratives on the Kurds / Walter Posch Posch, Walter 331

Part 5 The Kurdish Question and Iraq

24 The Kurdish Experience in Post-Saddam Iraq / Gareth Stansfield Stansfield, Gareth 355

25 Arabization as Genocide: The Case of the Disputed Territories of Iraq / Mohammed Ibsan Ibsan, Mohammed 375

26 The Development of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's Higher Education Section: A Gender Perspective / Katherine Ranharter Ranharter, Katherine 393

27 Water and Development in the Iraqi Kurdistan / Greg Shapland Shapland, Greg 409

28 Peace Education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Evolution and Limitations / Kelsey Shanks Shanks, Kelsey 419

29 The Iraqi Kurdish Response to the "Islamic State": Political Leverage in Times of Crisis / Benjamin Isakhan Isakhan, Benjamin 437

30 In Pursuit of Friends: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq's Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy / Renad Mansour Mansour, Renad 449

31 A Paradigm Shift in US-Kurdistan Region of Iraq Relations Post-2014: The Evolution to a Strategic Partnership / Mohammed Shareef Shareef, Mohammed 463

32 Re-claiming Halabja / Nicole F. Watts Watts, Nicole F. 481

33 Media, Political Culture, and the Shadows of the Militia War in Iraqi Kurdistan / Andrea Fischer-Tahir Fischer-Tahir, Andrea 497

34 Experiences of Honor-based Violence, and Moving Toward Action in Iraqi Kurdistan / Nazand Begikhani Begikhani, Nazand, Gill Hague Hague, Gill 509

35 The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the Federal Constitution: A Perimeter Plinth of State Territorial Integrity or a Stepping Stone to Secession? / Francis Owtram Owtram, Francis 521.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 651-697).

ISBN:

9781849045919

1849045917

9781849045629

1849045623

9780190687182

0190687185

OCLC:

992798860