Rojava : revolution, war and the future of Syria's Kurds / Thomas Schmidinger ; translated by Michael Schiffmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidinger, Thomas, 1974- author.

Contributor:

Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Schiffmann, Michael, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties.

History.

Kurds.

Politics and government.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011-.

Syria.

Kurds--Syria--History.

Kurds--Syria--Politics and government.

Political parties--Syria--History.

Physical Description:

xii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2018.

Contents:

1 The Long Struggle for Autonomy p. 1

2 Background and Methods of Social Science Research in War p. 10

3 Kurds, Arabs, Armenians, and Assyrians: Rojava as Part of the Ethnic Diversity of Syria p. 13

4 Muslims, Christians, lews, Alevi, and Êzîdî: Religious Pluralism in Rojava p. 19

5 Kurdistan: Country without a State or Country against the State p. 31

6 Syrian Kurdistan under the French Protectorate p. 41

7 Kurds in Independent Syria p. 48

8 In the Crosshairs of Pan-Arabism: From the United Arab Republic to Ba'athism p. 53

9 Special Census and Statelessness p. 60

10 The Kurds under Ba'athist Rule p. 63

11 Between Two Brief Springs: Rojava under Bashar al-Assad p. 74

12 The Kurdish Party Landscape p. 79

13 From Revolution to Civil War p. 86

14 Military Developments since 2012 p. 101

15 Political Economy in the Civil War p. 120

16 The Kurdish Districts of Aleppo p. 125

17 The Kurdish Para-State in Rojava p. 129

18 Voices from Rojava p. 152

19 Conclusion: Rojava, Quo Vadis? p. 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

ISBN:

0745337732

9780745337739

0745337724

9780745337722

OCLC:

1044805592