The Political Development of the Kurds in Iran [electronic resource] : Pastoral Nationalism /
Koohi-Kamali, Farideh.author.
This book looks at Kurdish Nationalism in Iran and examines the links between the structural changes in the Kurdish economy and its political demands. Farideh Koohi-Kamali argues that the transition of the nomadic, tribal society of Kurdistan to an agrarian village society was the beginning of a process by which Kurds saw themselves as a community of homogenous ethnic identity. The political movements of Kurds in Iran are discussed to illustrate that the different phases of economic development of Kurdish society played a great role in determining the way in which Kurds expressed their political demands for independence.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Preface; Maps; Introduction; 1 The Kurds and Kurdistan; 2 The Political Economy of Kurdish Tribalism; 3 Nationalism or Tribalism? Simko's Revolt; 4 The Kurdish Republic in Mahabad; 5 The Political Economy of Kurdish Nationalism; 6 Kurdistan from the 1946 Republic to the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Republic; Conclusion; Epilogue: the Situation of the Kurds in Iran and Neighboring Countries, 2002; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book looks at Kurdish Nationalism in Iran and examines the links between the structural changes in the Kurdish economy and its political demands. Farideh Koohi-Kamali argues that the transition of the nomadic, tribal society of Kurdistan to an agrarian village society was the beginning of a process by which Kurds saw themselves as a community of homogenous ethnic identity. The political movements of Kurds in Iran are discussed to illustrate that the different phases of economic development of Kurdish society played a great role in determining the way in which Kurds expressed their political demands for independence.
Ethnology-Middle East .
Middle East-Politics and governm.
Political theory.
Political economy.
International relations.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Sociology, general.
Political Theory.
International Political Economy.
International Relations.