Kurdistan in Iraq: The Evolution of a Quasi-State

ISBN-13: 9780367590970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 248 str.

Aram Rafaat

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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 

O autorze

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.