Description |
1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
1. The long struggle for autonomy -- 2. Background and methods of social science research in war -- 3. Kurds, Arabs, Armenians, and Assyrians : Rojava as part of the ethnic diversity of Syria -- 4. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Alevi, and Ezidi : religious pluralism in Rojava -- 5. Kurdistan : country without a state or country against the state -- 6. Syrian Kurdistan under the French Protectorate -- 7. Kurds in independent Syria -- 8. In the crosshairs of Pan-Arabism : from the United Arab Republic to Ba'athism -- 9. Special census and statelessness -- 10. The Kurds under Ba'athist rule -- 11. Between two brief springs : Rojava under Bashar al-Assad -- 12. The Kurdish Party landscape -- 13. From revolution to civil war -- 14. Military developments since 2012 -- 15. Political economy in the civil war -- 16. The Kurdish districts of Aleppo -- 17. The Kurdish para-state in Rojava -- 18. Voices from Rojava -- 19. Conclusion : Rojava, quo vadis? |
Summary |
The history and politics of Syrian Kurdistan, with a special focus on the revolution in Rojava |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Kurds -- Syria -- Politics and government
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Political parties -- Syria -- History
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Kurds -- Syria -- Interviews
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
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Kurds
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Kurds -- Politics and government
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Political parties
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002001751
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Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001320
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Subject |
Syria
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Genre/Form |
History
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Interviews
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Schiffmann, Michael, translator.
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ISBN |
9781786802545 |
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1786802546 |
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9781786802552 |
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1786802554 |
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