Kurdish Issues
Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Olson
By: compiled and edited by Michael M. Gunter
Series: Bibliotheca Iranica: Kurdish Studies Series -- no. 13; Bibliotheca Iranica -- no. 13.
Publisher: Mazda Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Costa Mesa, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781568593104
Subjects: Kurds; Politics and government; Kurden; Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê
Description: This volume contains 13 essays, written by a group of distinguished scholars, on the most important issues facing the Kurds today. Subjects covered include politics, economics, ISIS, and number of issues that will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, and the intelligent lay public. Moreover, in delving into the nuances of such themes as ethno-nationalist origins, self-determination, US-KRG relations, democratic autonomy, ISIS, Kobane, the Kurdish Diaspora, Ataturk and Bourguiba, among others, these essays will definitely stand the test of time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

In English; with one essay in French.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Kemal Atatürk and Habib Bourguiba : Brothers from Different Mothers? / Michael B. Bishku; title: Chapter 2. Nationalisme, Contestation Rurale et Bataille de la Civilisation : Repression et Resistance au Kurdistan des Anness 1920-1940 / Hamit Bozarslan; title: Chapter 3. Behind the Front Lines : Kobani, Legitimacy, and Kurdish Diaspora Mobilization / Vera Eccarius-Kelly; title: Chapter 4. The Promises and Limits of Legal Mechanisms : The Case of Kurdish Self-determination / Nader Entessar; title: Chapter 5. Kurdish Political Activism in Turkey : An Overview / Cengiz Gunes; title: Chapter 6. Colonialism, Self-Determination and Independence : The New PKK Paradigm / Joost Jongerden; title: Chapter 7. Realistic Strategies for Combatting ISIS / Till F. Paasche, Mohammed M.A. Ahmed, and Michael M. Gunter; title: Chapter 8. Relations between the United States and Iraqi Kurdistan / David Romano and Rikar Hussein; title: Chapter 9. Will the Kurds Save Turkey? / Michael Rubin; title: Chapter 10. The PKK as the Lesser of Two Evils? Kurds, Islamists and the Battle for Kobani / Eva Savelsberg; title: Chapter 11. The Kurds and Crafting of the National Selves / Kamal Soleimani; title: Chapter 12. Beyond the Dichotomy of Accommodation Versus Resistance : the Kurdish Minority in Iraq and Syria in Long-Term and Comparative Perspectives, 1920-2015 / Jordi Tejel; title: Chapter 13. Reflections on Kurdish Society and Politics in Rojhelat : An Overview / Abbas Vali.