Kurdistan in Iraq - The Evolution of a Quasi-State

Informationen zum Autor Aram Rafaat, PhD, is a freelance researcher and educator. He has published widely in English and Kurdish and is the author of two books, The Kurds in Post-Invasion Iraq and The Shiite's Position on Kirkuk and Federalism and a number of journal articles. Klappentext This book looks at how the Kurdish and Iraqi quests for nationhood have led to the transformation of Iraqi Kurdistan into an unrecognised quasi-state, and the devolution of the Iraqi state into a recognised quasi-state. Zusammenfassung This book looks at how the Kurdish and Iraqi quests for nationhood have led to the transformation of Iraqi Kurdistan into an unrecognised quasi-state, and the devolution of the Iraqi state into a recognised quasi-state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Recognised and Unrecognised Quasi-States 2. The Context of Two Quasi-States in Iraq 3. The Two Contradictory Nationhood Projects in Iraq 4. The Monarchy-Kurds Relations 5. The First Unrecognised Kurdish Quasi-State (1961-1975) 6. The Case of Negative Patronage 7. The Rise and Fall of Kurdish Insurgency (1976-1988) 8. Iraq’s Failure to Govern Kurdistan (1975-1991) 9. The Second Unrecognised Kurdish Quasi-state (1992-2003) 10. The Third Unrecognised Kurdish Quasi-State (Ukq-III) After the 2003 Invasion 11. Oil for External Patronage and Financial Independence 12. Independence Referendum and the Case of Negative Patronage

Product details

• Authors: Aram Rafaat
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2018
• EAN: 9780815393337
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9333-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Political structure & processes, Iraq, Political structure and processes