Lexington Books
Pages: 366
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Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-7936-1358-5 • Hardback • June 2020 • $140.00 • (£108.00)
978-1-7936-1360-8 • Paperback • December 2021 • $48.99 • (£38.00)
978-1-7936-1359-2 • eBook • June 2020 • $46.50 • (£36.00)
Mehmet Gurses is professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University.
David Romano is the Thomas G. Strong Chair in Middle East Politics at Missouri State University.
Michael M. Gunter is professor of political science at Tennessee Technological University.
Chapter 1: Kurdish Political Representation in Turkey: The Changing Context and New TrendsCengiz GunesChapter 2: Kurdish Public Opinion in Turkey: Cultural and Political Demands of the ‘Kurdish Street’Ekrem Karakoc and Ege OzenChapter 3: The Political Economy of Turkey’s Kurdish Question
Veli Yadirgi
Chapter 4: The Evolution of Rojava: Tensions between Democratic Confederalism and State-Building in Northern Syria
Sean Lee
Chapter 5: Non-State Actors and Governance: Kurdish Autonomy in Syria
Massoud Dryaz
Chapter 6: Continuity and Change in Syrian Kurdistan: The Rojava Revolution and Beyond
Ozum Yesiltas
Chapter 7: Evolution of Kurdish-led Administration in Syria
Wladimir Wilgenburg
Chapter 8: The Kurdish Question in Iraq: An Overview
Peshawa A. Muhammed
Chapter 9: Making Sense of Iraqi Kurdistan’s Civil War of the 1990’s: Fingers to Claw Communities, Fingers to Break each Other
Alan M. Noory
Chapter 10: A Contemporary Political History of the Kurds in Iran
Ahmad Hamza
Chapter 11: Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou and the Kurdish Resistance in Iran
Carol Prunhuber
Chapter 12: Imagining Kurdistan from Abroad: Diaspora Identity, Collective Memory and Artistic Expression
Vera Eccarius-Kelly
Chapter 13: Diasporic Narratives of Assimilation and Resistance
Barzoo Eliassi
Chapter 14: Return Mobilities of Highly Skilled Young British-Kurdish People to Kurdistan
Janroj Keles
“The Kurds in the Middle East: Enduring Problems and New Dynamics is a comprehensive review of the long-lasting Kurdish Question and the most important issues facing the Kurds today. Academics, students, and observers alike will find this volume valuable.”
— Jordi Tejel, University of Neuchâtel
"Combining historical overview with analyses of contemporary issues, The Kurds in the Middle East: Enduring Problems and New Dynamics is a must-read for those who want to have a better understanding of the origins of the Kurdish issue and the challenges Kurds face today in the Middle East and beyond."
— Joost Jongerden, Wageningen University