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Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East

Actors, Ideas, and Interests
Editors: Tugdar, EmelElif, Al, Serhun (Eds.)
• Analyzes the concept of state-building has acquired political, economic, and social dimensions
• Examines demographic and related political questions, religious, cultural and ethnic matters, the role of language and the vital connection of Kurdistan to Turkey
• Introduces scholars of Comparative Politics and Middle East Studies
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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.  
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EmelElifTugdar is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kurdistan Hewler in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Her research agenda includes ethno-politics, human rights, politics of gender with a major focus on Middle East, specifically Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan.
Serhun Al is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. His research interests include politics of identity, ethnic conflict, security studies and social movements. His recent publications have appeared in journals such as Ethnopolitics, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Nationalities Papers, Globalizations, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.  
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
• Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of the Turkomans
Tugdar, EmelElif
Pages 3-25
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• Kurdish Political Parties in Syria: Past Struggles and Future Expectations
Halhalli, Bekir
Pages 27-53
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• Human Security Versus National Security: Kurds, Turkey and Syrian Rojava
Al, Serhun
Pages 57-83
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• Kurdish Nationalist Organizations, Neighboring States, and “Ideological Distance”
Michael Wuthrich, F.
Pages 85-112
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• Statehood, Autonomy, or Unitary Coexistence? A Comparative Analysis of How Kurdish Groups Approach the Idea of Self-Determination
Çakmak, Cenap
Pages 113-133
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• Islam and the Kurdish Peace Process in Turkey (2013–2015)
Merdjanova, Ina
Pages 137-162
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• Ethnic Capital Across Borders and Regional Development: A Comparative Analysis of Kurds in Iraq and Turkey
Al, Serhun (et al.)
Pages 163-183
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• In Search of Futures: Uncertain Neoliberal Times, Speculations, and the Economic Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan
Kuruuzum, Umut
Pages 185-200
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• The Stateless and Why Some Gain and Others not: The Case of Iranian Kurdistan
Ahmedi, Idris
Pages 201-225
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Book Title
Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East
Book Subtitle
Actors, Ideas, and Interests
Editors
• EmelElifTugdar
• Serhun Al
Copyright
2018
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
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The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)