Iraqi Kurdistan, the PKK and International Relations Theory and Ethnic Conflict Exeter Studies in Ethno Politics Series
Auteur : Černy Hannes
Due to its primacy in explaining issues of war and peace in the international arena, the discipline of International Relations (IR) looms large in analyses of and responses to ethnic conflict in academia, politics and popular media ? in particular with respect to contemporary conflicts in the Middle East.
Grounded in constitutive theory, this book challenges how ethnic/ethno-nationalist conflict is represented in explanatory IR by deconstructing its most prominent state-centric models, frameworks and analytical concepts. As much a critique of contemporary scholarship on Kurdish ethno-nationalism as a detailed analysis of the most prominent Kurdish ethno-nationalist actors, the book provides the first in-depth investigation into the relations between the PKK and the main Iraqi Kurdish political parties from the 1980s to the present. It situates this inquiry within the wider context of the ambiguous political status of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, its relations with Turkey, and the role Kurdish parties and insurgencies play in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Appreciating these complex dynamics and how they are portrayed in Western scholarship is essential for understanding current developments in the Iraqi and Syrian theatres of war, and for making sense of discussions about a potential independent Kurdish state to emerge in Iraq.
Iraqi Kurdistan provides a comprehensive and critical discussion of the state-centric and essentialising epistemologies, ontologies, and methodologies of the three main paradigms of explanatory IR, as well as their analytical models and frameworks on ethnic identity and conflict in the Middle East and beyond. It will therefore be a valuable resource for anyone studying ethnicity and nationalism, International Relations or Middle East Politics.
Introduction
Part One
- Explaining Ethnic and Ethno-nationalist Conflict
- Concepts, Models and Frameworks
- Beyond Groupism
Part Two
- State Formation and the Origins of Kurdish Ethno-nationalism in Turkey and Iraq
- The Parties
Part Three
- The Origins of Relations
- Iraqi Kurdistan and the PKK in the 1990s
- Iraqi Kurdistan and the PKK in the post-2003 Middle East
- Iraqi Kurdistan, the PKK and Turkey
- The Kurds in the War against ISIS
Conclusion
References
Hannes Černy is Visiting Professor at the Department of International Relations, Central European University, and he previously taught at the universities of Hull, Exeter and Passau. His research focuses on issues of identity and sovereignty and their representation in IR scholarship.
Date de parution : 12-2019
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 07-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème d’Iraqi Kurdistan, the PKK and International Relations :
Mots-clés :
Explanatory IR; Iraqi Kurdish Ethno Nationalist Parties; kurdish; ISIS Advance; ethno; Iraqi Kurdish; Kurdish Ethno Nationalist; Ethno Nationalist Elites; Ethno Nationalist Conflict; Ethnic Alliance Model; Adalet Ve Kalkinma Partisi Leadership; Iraqi Kurdish Independence; Iraqi Kurds; Iraqi Kurdish Parties; Iraqi Kurdish Territory; Iraqi Kurdish Leaders; Modern Sovereign Nation State; Bourdieuian Social Field; Massoud Barzani; Kurdistan Region; Ethnic Security Dilemma; Kurdish Nationalist Movement; Central Government; ISIS Threat; Kurdish Nationalist; Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan; PUK Leadership