The Kurdish Nationalist Movement

Author : David Romano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139450720

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David Romano's 2006 book focuses on the Kurdish case to try and make sense of ethnic nationalist resurgence generally. In a world rent by a growing number of such conflicts, the questions posed about why, how and when such challenges to the state are mounted are becoming increasingly urgent. Throughout the author analyses these questions through the lens of social movement theory, considering in particular politico-social structures, resource mobilization strategies and cultural identity. His conclusions offer some thought-provoking insights into Kurdish nationalism, as well as into the strengths and weaknesses of various social movement theories. While the book offers a rigorous conceptual approach, the empirical material - the result of the author's personal experiences - makes it a compelling read. It will find a readership amongst students of the Middle East, and also amongst those interested in ethnic relations, minority rights, terrorism, state repression, social movement theories and many other related issues.

Author : David Romano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 052185041X

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The Kurdish Nationalist Movement by David Romano Pdf

This 2006 book analyses the Kurdish question through the lens of social movement theory.

Author : Wadie Jwaideh
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 081563093X

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The Kurdish National Movement by Wadie Jwaideh Pdf

A seminal work in the field of Kurdish studies, Wadie Jwaideh’s pioneering research, published for the first time, presents a detailed analysis of the early phases of Kurdish nationalism and offers a framework within which to understand the movement’s later development. Following Wadie Jwaideh’s dissertation defense, his doctoral chairman took aside Jwaideh’s wife, Alice, and asked her to submit the work for publication without Wadie’s permission, believing that Wadie’s penchant for perfection would postpone its publication indefinitely. The thesis was never published during Jwaideh’s lifetime, but its fame spread by word of mouth, and many scholars have recognized its importance not only as a study of the earlier periods of Kurdish nationalism but also as a model for understanding its subsequent history. The work now stands as a classic, referenced by some of the most renowned scholars in the field. Its publication will permit it to reach a greater audience and to contribute more fully to the understanding and appreciation of this geopolitical and cultural movement. Jwaideh was born in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, into an Arabic-speaking Christian family that later moved to Baghdad. His intimate knowledge of the land and its people gave Jwaideh shrewd insight into Kurdish society and politics. Exploring the rich historical roots of the Kurdish national movement, he challenges the established view of the early Kurdish uprisings as isolated incidents triggered by economic hardship or political dissatisfaction. Instead he offers a new interpretation of the Kurds’ nationalist position, convincingly demonstrating the age and depth of their grievances. This complex and layered history of the Kurdish nationalist movement offers a valuable perspective from which to view the current conditions in Iraq. Jwaideh’s sensitive and prescient treatment of this region gives his study great contemporary relevance.

Author : Cengiz Gunes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136587986

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The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey by Cengiz Gunes Pdf

This book provides an interpretive and critical analysis of Kurdish identity, nationalism and national movement in Turkey since the 1960s. By raising issues and questions relating to Kurdish political identity and highlighting the ideological specificity, diversity and the transformation of Kurdish nationalism, it develops a new empirical dimension to the study of the Kurds in Turkey. Cengiz Gunes applies an innovative theoretical approach to the analysis of an impressively large volume of primary sources and data drawn from books and magazines published by Kurdish activists, political parties and groups. The analysis focuses on the specific demands articulated by the Kurdish national movement and looks at Kurdish nationalism at a specific level by disaggregating the nationalist discourse, showing variations over time and across different Kurdish nationalist organisations. Situating contemporary Kurdish political identity and its political manifestations within a historical framework, the author examines the historical and structural conditions that gave rise to it and influenced its evolution since the 1960s. The analysis also encompasses an account of the organisational growth and evolution of the Kurdish national movement, including the political parties and groups that were active in the period. Bringing the study of the organisational development and growth of the Kurdish National Movement in Turkey up to date, this book will be an important reference for students and scholars of Middle Eastern politics, social movements, nationalism and conflict.

Author : Robert W. Olson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0813108969

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The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in the 1990s by Robert W. Olson Pdf

Describes the situation of the world's largest ethnic group without a homeland, and explains the effect on the politics of Turkey and other countries where Kurds live

Author : Robert W. Olson
Publisher : Mazda Publishers
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Kurds
ISBN : UCLA:L0105760664

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The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in the 1990s by Robert W. Olson Pdf

Author : Abbas Vali
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015056658076

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Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism by Abbas Vali Pdf

Author : Abbas Vali
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030160692

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The Forgotten Years of Kurdish Nationalism in Iran by Abbas Vali Pdf

This book investigates the forgotten years of Kurdish nationalism in Iran, from the fall of the Kurdish republic to the advent of the Iranian revolution. An original and path-breaking investigation of the period, it sheds light not only on the historical specificity of the phenomenon of nationalism in exile, but also on the political processes and practices defining the development of Kurdish nationalism in the post-revolutionary era. Although nationalist landmarks such as the Kurdish republic in 1946 and the resurgence of the movement in the revolutionary conjuncture of 1978-79 have attracted the attention of historians and social scientists in recent years, little is known about the three decades of Kurdish nationalism in exile between these two events. This analysis draws on contemporary poststructuralist theory to question the concept of the minority in democratic and constitutional theory, arguing that it is an effect of the discursive linkage between sovereign power and the dominant ethnic-linguistic identity in the nation-state. This text will appeal to a wide academic audience ranging from the fields of Kurdish, Iranian and Middle East Studies to ethnicity, nationalism, government, and political science.

Author : Robert Olson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292764125

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The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880–1925 by Robert Olson Pdf

The last quarter of the nineteenth century was crucial for the development of Kurdish nationalism. It coincided with the reign of Abdulhamid II (1876-1909), who emphasized Pan-Islamic policies in order to strengthen the Ottoman Empire against European and Russian imperialism, The Pan-Islamic doctrines of the Ottoman Empire enabled sheikhs (religious leaders) from Sheikh Ubaydallah of Nehri in the 1870s and 1880s to Sheikh Said in the 1920s-to become the principal nationalist leaders of the Kurds. This represented a new development in Middle Eastern and Islamic history and began an important historical pattern in the Middle East long before the emergence of the religiousnationalist leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. This is the first work in any Western language dealing with the development of Kurdish nationalism during this period and is supported with documentation not previously utilized, principally from the Public Record Office in Great Britain. In addition, the author provides much new material on Turkish, Armenian, Iranian, and Arab history and new insights into Turkish-Armenian relations during the most crucial era of the history of these two peoples.

Author : Paul J White
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1856498220

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Primitive Rebels Or Revolutionary Modernizers by Paul J White Pdf

Protests worldwide followed the capture and trial of the Kurdish nationalist leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999. But where does the PKK come from? What are its aims? Who supports it? What will its future be without Öcalan? And is there hope for a peaceful resolution to the Kurdish question in Turkey and a democratic future? This timely book seeks answers to these questions and provides an informative, up-to-date and readable account of the Kurdish reality in Turkey today. Its focus is a critical examination of the Kurdish nationalist movement--especially the largest and most powerful grouping, the PKK.

Author : Adel Soheil
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789177855132

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Territory, State and Nationalism by Adel Soheil Pdf

The Sykes -Picot Agreement map signed in May 1918 by the Imperial powers of Great Britain and France, constituted the blueprint for redrawing the map of the Middle East after the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, by the victorious Allies thus dividing the Arab territories as well as Kurdistan into its current form. In this book, the author makes an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive new insight into the Kurdish national movement and its struggle against the mandatory power (the British) and the Iraqi government for achievement of national self-determination from 1918 to 1932. The book explores both Kurdish and Arab nationalism within the context of power relations in international politics at the time on the one hand, and in relation to domestic political development in Iraq on the other. Thereby, salient issues are explored, inter alia, the reasons for the British failure to create a modern national state in Iraq, the reluctance of the Anglo-Iraqi authorities to accommodate Kurdish rights and their policy to incorporate Kurdistan into the nascent Iraqi state, the U.S. interests and implication in the region, and the impact of the principle of self-determination advocated by President Wilson on Kurdish and Arab nationalism. Revised with a new chapter.

Author : Mahir A. Aziz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857719515

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The Kurds of Iraq by Mahir A. Aziz Pdf

Over ninety years since their absorption into the modern Iraqi state, the Kurdish people of Iraq still remain an apparent anomaly in the modern world - a nation without a state. In 'The Kurds of Iraq', Mahir Aziz explores this incongruity, and asks the pertinent questions, who are the Kurds today? What is their relationship to the Iraqi state? How do they perceive themselves and their prospective political future? And in what way are they crucial for the stability of the Iraqi state? In the wake of the Gulf War of 1991 in the face of the Iraqi state, the Kurds endeavoured to create a de facto state and to concretise and stabilise the institutions that would enable this. 'The Kurds of Iraq' thus examines the creation, evolution and development of Kurdish nationalism despite the suppression of its political and cultural manifestations. Through extensive interviews in the field, Aziz assesses the impact of recent history on the complex process of identity formation amongst Kurdish students at three of the nation's leading universities. He provides an in depth examination of students' socio-economic backgrounds, and their thoughts on and experiences of what it means to be Kurdish in the modern Iraqi state, and the impact this has on their perception of their language, culture and religion. Aziz's invaluable and extensive field research furthermore serves as a point of departure for an investigation into the relationship between national identity and historical memory in Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond. He thus analyses wider issues of the intersection and interdependency of national, regional, ethnic, tribal and local identities. He thus constructs an intimate portrait of the Kurds of Iraq, which will provide an important insight for students and researchers of the Middle East and for those interested the important issues of nationalism and ethnic identity in the modern nation state, and the impact these issues have on the stability of Iraq itself.

Author : Fāliḥ ʻAbd al-Jabbār,Hosham Dawod
Publisher : Saqi Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015069349986

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The Kurds by Fāliḥ ʻAbd al-Jabbār,Hosham Dawod Pdf

A landmark study of ethnicity and self-determination in the case of the Kurds.

Author : Ofra Bengio
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780292758131

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Kurdish Awakening by Ofra Bengio Pdf

Kurdish Awakening examines key questions related to Kurdish nationalism and identity formation in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The world's largest stateless ethnic group, Kurds have steadily grown in importance as a political power in the Middle East, particularly in light of the "Arab Spring." As a result, Kurdish issues—political, cultural, and historical alike—have emerged as the subject of intense scholarly interest. This book provides fresh ways of understanding the historical and sociopolitical underpinnings of the ongoing Kurdish awakening and its already significant impact on the region. Rather than focusing on one state or angle, this anthology fills a gap in the literature on the Kurds by providing a panoramic view of the Kurdish homeland's various parts. The volume focuses on aspects of Kurdish nationalism and identity formation not addressed elsewhere, including perspectives on literature, gender, and constitution making. Further, broad thematic essays include a discussion of the historical experiences of the Kurds from the time of their Islamization more than a millennium ago up until the modern era, a comparison of the Kurdish experience with other ethno-national movements, and a treatment of the role of tribalism in modern nation building. This collection is unique in its use of original sources in various languages. The result is an analytically rich portrayal that sheds light on the Kurds' prospects and the challenges they confront in a region undergoing sweeping upheavals.

Author : Mohammed M. A. Ahmed,Michael M. Gunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015070742419

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The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism by Mohammed M. A. Ahmed,Michael M. Gunter Pdf