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Author:

Allsopp, Harriet, author.

Title:

Kurds of Syria : political parties and identity in the Middle East / Harriet Allsopp.

Publisher:

I B Tauris,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 299 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Kurds--Syria.
Kurds--Syria--Social conditions--21st century.
Kurds--Syria--Economic conditions--21st century.
Political parties--Syria--History--21st century.
Syria--Politics and government--2000-
Kurds.
Kurds--Economic conditions.
Kurds--Social conditions.
Political parties.
Political science.
Syria.
Since 2000
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-287) and index.

Contents:

The Kurdish political parties in Syria -- The birth of a Syrian Kurdish polity, 1920-1957 -- Kurdish political parties, 1957-2011 -- Relations between the parties and the state -- The role of Kurdish parties in Kurdish society -- The stateless Kurds of Syria -- The eve of the Syrian uprising : crisis and consciousness -- The Kurdish response to the Syrian uprising -- Epilogue : the new world of Syrian and Kurdish politics -- Appendix : diagram of party divisions 1957-2012.

Summary:

Examination of contemporary Kurdish politics in Syria concentrating on the Syrian-Kurdish political parties which operate illegally in the country. Looks at their increasing cohesion and effectiveness since the Syrian uprising and explores issues of minority identity and the concept of being 'stateless' in the Middle East.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies ; 144

ISBN:

9781780765631
1780765630

OCLC:

(OCoLC)878953992

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)