Oil and National Identity in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

ISBN-13: 9780367751289 / Miękka / 2023 / 190 str.

Alessandro Tinti

Opis

This book examines the interplay between the oil industry and identity politics using the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a case study.

Spis treści

Introduction: the trail of oil  1. The nature of conflict: on oil and violence  2. The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: borders, identity, oil  3. The gate to statehood: Kurdish nationalism and the oil dream  4. A nation divided: Kurdish infighting and black gold  5. No friends but the mountains: extractivism and social control  Conclusions: the making of oil environments

O autorze

Alessandro Tinti holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy. He is currently Research Fellow at La Sapienza University of Rome and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy.