Statelet of survivors : the making of a semi-autonomous region in Northeast Syria / Amy Austin Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Amy Austin, 1973- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria--History.

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Syria)--History.

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Syria).

Syria--Politics and government--2000-.

Syria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

In 'Statelet of Survivors', Amy Austin Holmes charts the history of the Kurdish statelet-Rojava-which sits immediately adjacent to the southeastern Turkish border. Drawing from four years of research trips to northern and eastern Syria, Holmes highlights that the movement is founded on the idea of equality between people of different religious and ethnic backgrounds and does more to empower women and minorities than any other region of Syria. An in-depth examination of Rojava, this book tells the story of the statelet who both triumphed over ISIS and created a model of decentralized governance in Syria that could eventually be expanded if Assad were to ever fall.

Contents:

Cover

Statelet of Survivors

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Statelet of Survivors

2 A Genealogy of Rojava: Kurds and Armenians Declare the Republic of Mount Ararat, 1926-​1932

3 The SDF: The Evolution of the YPG into Syria's Second-​Largest Armed Force

4 Life under ISIS: A War of Women against Women

5 The Women's Revolution in Rojava and Beyond

6 Delinking from Damascus: The Economic Underpinnings of Political Autonomy

7 The School of Revolution: The Autonomous Administration Creates a New Education System

8 Yezidis and the Statelet of Survivors: Recognition, Representation, Religious Freedom, and Protection

9 The Inconclusiveness of Quasi-​States

Appendix

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 28, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-762107-4

0-19-762106-6

0-19-762105-8

OCLC:

1410823139