Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East: Actors, Ideas, and Interests – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783319537146,9783319537153,3319537148,3319537156

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• ISBN-10: 3319537156
• ISBN-13: 9783319537153
• Author: Emel Elif Tugdar, Serhun Al

This edited volume introduces the political, social and economic intra-Kurdish dynamics in the Middle East by comparatively analyzing the main actors, their ideas, and political interests. As an ethnic group and a nation in the making, Kurds are not homogeneous and united but rather the Kurdish Middle East is home to various competing political groups, leaderships, ideologies, and interests. Although many existing studies focus on the Kurds and their relations with the nation-states that they populate, few studies analyze the Kurdish Middle East within its own debates, conflicts and interests from a comparative perspective across Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. This book analyzes the intra-Kurdish dynamics with historically-grounded, theoretically-informed, and conceptually-relevant scholarship that prioritizes comparative politics over international relations.

Table contents:

Actors

1. Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of the Turkomans

2. Kurdish Political Parties in Syria: Past Struggles and Future Expectations

Ideas

3. Human Security Versus National Security: Kurds, Turkey and Syrian Rojava

4. Kurdish Nationalist Organizations, Neighboring States, and “Ideological Distance”

5. Statehood, Autonomy, or Unitary Coexistence? A Comparative Analysis of How Kurdish Groups Approach the Idea of Self-Determination

Interests

6. Islam and the Kurdish Peace Process in Turkey (2013–2015)

7. Ethnic Capital Across Borders and Regional Development: A Comparative Analysis of Kurds in Iraq and Turkey

8. In Search of Futures: Uncertain Neoliberal Times, Speculations, and the Economic Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan

9. The Stateless and Why Some Gain and Others not: The Case of Iranian Kurdistan

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