Conflict, democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East : Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria /

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Group Author: Romano, David, 1969; Gurses, Mehmet
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
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Carrier Form: vi, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and index.
ISBN: 9781137409980 :
1137409983
Index Number: DS59
CLC: D815.4
Call Number: D815.4/C748
Contents: Introduction : the Kurds as barrier or key to democratization / David Romano and Mehmet Gurses -- Turkey, Kemalism and the "deep state" / Michael Gunter -- Iraq, Arab nationalism and obstacles to democratic transition / Ozum Yesiltas -- Kurds, Persian nationalism, and Shia rule : surviving dominant nationhood in Iran / Gareth Stansfield -- The Syrian-Kurdish movements : obstacles rather than driving forces for democratization / Eva Savelsberg -- Democracy, civil war, and the Kurdish people divided between them / David T. Mason -- Communal groups, civil conflicts, and democratization in Latin