Kurdish Politics in the Middle East

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Kurdish Politics in the Middle East analyzes political and social dimensions of Kurdish integration into the mainstream socio-political life in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Its central thesis is that ethnic conflict constitutes a major challenge to the contemporary nation-state system in the Middle East. Long vanquished is the illusion of the "melting pot," or the concept that assimilation is an inexorable process produced by "modernization" and the emergence of a relatively strong and centralized nation-state system in the region. Perhaps no single phenomenon highlights this thesis more than the historical Kurdish struggle for self-determination. This book's focus is on Kurdish politics and its relationship with broader regional and global developments that affect the Kurds. It does not claim to cover everything Kurdish, and it does not promote the political agenda of any group, movement, or country.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-11-05
Mått:162 x 242 x 23 mm
Vikt:562 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:276
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739140390

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Nader Entessar is professor and chair of the department of political science and criminal justice at the University of South Alabama. He is co-editor of Iran and the Modern World and Reconstruction and Regional Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf.

Recensioner i media

Nader Entessar is an internationally recognized analyst of Middle East politics and a trailblazer in establishing Kurdish studies as an integral part of Middle East studies, especially the development of Kurdish nationalism during the twentieth century. He sustains this reputation in this revised and greatly expanded edition of Kurdish Ethnonationalism, adding important new analyses of the significant impact of the Kurdish nationalist movements on Middle East politics since the 1999 Gulf War and, especially, since the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq in March 2003. Entessar's analytical acumen and insights are important for scholars, area specialists, think-tank analysts, diplomats, military and intelligent experts and decision makers—a must read.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Chapter 1. The Kurds: Introduction and OverviewChapter 3 Chapter 2. The Kurdish Dilemma in IranChapter 4 Chapter 3. Iraqi Kurds: From Victims to AutonomyChapter 5 Chapter 4. The Evolution of Kurdish Issues in TurkeyChapter 6 Chapter 5. Kurdish Politics in Regional ContextChapter 7 Chapter 6. Autonomy of Independence? Dilemmas of Kurdish Politics in the Twenty-First Century