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Author Schmidinger, Thomas, 1974- author.

Title Rojava : revolution, war, and the future of Syria's Kurds / Thomas Schmidinger ; translated by Michael Schiffmann
Edition English edition
Published London : Pluto Press, 2018
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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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Subject Kurds -- Syria -- Politics and government
Political parties -- Syria -- History
Kurds -- Syria -- Interviews
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
Kurds
Kurds -- Politics and government
Political parties
Politics and government
SUBJECT Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002001751
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001320
Subject Syria
Genre/Form History
Interviews
Form Electronic book
Author Schiffmann, Michael, translator.
ISBN 9781786802545
1786802546
9781786802552
1786802554
Other Titles Krieg und Revolution in Syrisch-Kurdistan. English