Kurdish diaspora mobilisation in Denmark : supporting the struggle in Syria / Anne Sofie Schøtt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schøtt, Anne Sofie, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies on diasporas and transnationalism.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh studies on diasporas and transnationalism

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurdish diaspora.

Kurds--Denmark.

Kurds.

Denmark--Politics and government--21st century.

Denmark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Anne Marie Schott explores how the Kurdish diaspora in Denmark supported the Kurdish struggle in Syria from the battle of Kobane (2014) to the defeat in Afrin (2018). She examines the political lobbyism, the courtroom activism and the humanitarian action of the various Kurdish diaspora groups.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

BRICOLAGE

Part I Kurdish Diaspora Mobilisation and Identity Formation

1 Introduction

2 Conceptual and Theoretical Framework

3 Methodology and Fieldwork

Part II The Emergence of Kurdish Activists in Syria and in Denmark

4 The Kurds of Syria: From the Forgotten People to World-stage Actors

5 Becoming a Diaspora: The Kurds and Kurdish Activists in Denmark

Part III Ambiguous Interplays

6 The Castle and the Square: Political Lobbyism

7 The Courtroom: Legal Struggle for Military Support

8 The Suburb and the Field: Charity Work

Part IV Findings and Conclusions

9 Ambiguous Interplays and Reformulations of Kurdish Identities

Appendix

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Sofie Schøtt, Anne Kurdish Diaspora Mobilisation in Denmark

ISBN:

1-4744-9172-3

1-3995-0927-6

1-4744-9173-1

OCLC:

1292428197