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The Kurds of Northern Syria : governance, diversity and conflicts
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"The research for this book concentrated on the Syrian Kurdish population and the territory in which Kurds claimed a majority in northern Syria, and which were also controlled by the PYD at the tim...
"The research for this book concentrated on the Syrian Kurdish population and the territory in which Kurds claimed a majority in northern Syria, and which were also controlled by the PYD at the time of writing. The Kurds in Syria have stepped up decisively onto the local, regional and international arenas and the Kurdish position on the world stage has shifted, irreversibly."
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- Creator
- Harriet Allsopp and Wladimir van Wilgenburg
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- Language
- English
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- ©2019
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2019
- Physical Details
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- xx, 241 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781788314831, 1788314832, 9781838604455, 1838604456, 9781788315975, 9781788315982, 9781788315975
- OCLC
- on1066193784
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.
- 1 Identity and Representation I: the foundations of identity formation and representation -- The demography of governance -- Key influences on Kurdish identity formation -- State building and legitimacy -- Tribal and local sub-state identities and channels of representation -- Pan-state identity -- International class solidarity -- Religion -- Pan-state Kurdish identity -- Politics and political identity -- The 1957 genealogy -- The PKK and PYD -- The Effects of the Crisis on Identity -- 2 Kurdish Political Parties: A Comparison of Political Values -- Parties of 1957 and the KNC -- The political spectrum and fragmentation -- The dominant parties of the 1957 genealogy -- The Kurdish National Council (KNC) -- KNC policy and internal divisions -- Military organisations -- Party alliances and affiliations within the Syria -- The PYD -- Armed forces -- PYD alliances and affiliations within Syria -- Cooperation and disagreement between the PYD and KNC -- A Comparison of political values -- Democracy -- National and ethnic rights -- Women's rights -- The Future of Syria -- 3 PYD-led Governance Structures: From the DAAs to Federalism -- The development of 'Democratic Autonomy': From the PYD to a federal region in under five years -- Power structures and constituent parts -- Local DAA Governance -- Councils and Communes -- The economy -- The Education system -- Media -- The Security of the Administrations -- The Asayish -- The YPG -- Self-Defence Forces (HXP) and Civil Defence Forces (HPC) -- Other Military forces -- Salaries -- The move towards federalism -- Local -- Obstacles to DAA control and to federalism -- Ethnic and political diversity -- KNC-PYD tensions and political opposition -- A new state structure? -- 4 Identity and Representation II: The Democratic Autonomy Project -- Direct democracy in practice -- Transformations in identity and understandings of representation 2011-2016 -- Women's representation -- A revolution in representation? Opinions about the system -- 5 The Role of Regional and International Actors -- Intra-Kurdish power relations -- Regional Relations -- Turkey -- Iraq -- The Syrian government -- Iran -- International Relations -- The USA -- Russia -- 6 The Prospects of Kurdish Self-Representation and Self-Governance -- The State context: Representation and identity -- The northern Syria context -- Kurdish society -- Uncertainty