The Kurds in a Changing Middle East : History, Politics and Representation (Paperback)

Maps showing the predominantly Kurdish areas in the Middle East Note on Transliteration Note on Bibliographic Referencing Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction. The Kurdish Moment and the Fate of the Unitary State in the Middle East, Faleh A. Jabar Part I. New Society: The Kurds in a Changing Middle East Chapter 1. New and Old Dynamics in the Construction of Kurdish Nationhood - Some Reflections Faleh A. Jabar Chapter 2. Problems and Outlooks of Kurdish Representation, Renad Mansour Chapter 3. Segmentation of Political Parties in Underdeveloped Contexts - The Case of the Kurds, Gareth Stansfield Chapter 4. The Rise of the White Kurds - An Essay in Regional Political Economy, Michiel Leezenberg Chapter 5. Forms and Prospects of Kurdish Armed Struggle, David Romano Part II. Old Society: Perennial Continuity Chapter 6. Tribes and Ethnic Identity, Martin van Bruinessen Chapter 7. Tribes and Politics, Hamit Bozarslan Chapter 8. Gender, Family, Patriarchy and Women, Sami Zubaida Part III. Reflections on the Historiography of the Kurds Chapter 9. A Critical Overview of Early British Kurdish Studies, Michael Gunter Chapter 10. Kurdish History - Not a Neutral Pursuit, Janet Klein Author Biographies Maps showing the predominantly Kurdish areas in the Middle East