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Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East
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. .
1. Iraqi Kurdistan's Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of Turkomans -- 2. Iraqi Kurdistan's Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of Turkomans -- 3. Human Security versus National Security and the Function of Nationalism as 'Security-Provider': An Analysis of the Kurds and the Turkish State -- 4. Ideological Distance, Nationalist Projects, and Kurdish Extra- and Cross-Communal Relations -- 5. Statehood, autonomy or unitary coexistence? A comparative analysis of how Kurdish groups approach the idea of self-determination -- Part III: Interests -- 6. Ethnic Capital Across Borders and Regional Development: A Comparative Analysis of Kurds in the Middle East -- 7. In Search of Tomorrow: Speculation, Futures, and Capitalism in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 8. Explaining Variation in Political Gains: The Case of Iranian Kurdistan -- Conclusion.
Middle Eastern and North African Economics