The Kurds of Iraq : ethnonationalism and national identity in Iraqi Kurdistan / Mahir A. Aziz.

Author/creator Aziz, Mahir A.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011.
Descriptionxxxii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Kurds--Iraq. --Government relations.
Kurds--Iraq. --Politics and government.
Kurds--Iraq. --Ethnic identity.
Nationalism--Kurdistan.
Iraq--Politics and government. --1958-.

SeriesLibrary of modern Middle East studies ; 100
Library of modern Middle East studies 100. ^A370748
Contents Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- 1. The Construction of Kurdish National Identity in Iraqi Kurdistan -- Nation versus National Identity -- National Identity of Young Urban Kurds -- Why Study Kurdish National Identity in Iraqi Kurdistan? -- The Background of the Iraqi Kurds -- Religion in Kurdistan -- The Economy of Post-1991 Kurdistan -- Higher Education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq -- 2. Nationalism, Nation, State, Nation State and Stateless Nation -- Nation, State, Nation State and Stateless Nation -- What is National Identity? Meanings and Character -- Political Culture -- 3. Approaches to the Study of Nationalism and National Identity -- The Civic-Ethnic Dichotomy -- Ethno-Symbolism and the Dimensions of Ethnic Community -- Smiths Conception of Ethnicity, Nation, Nationalism, National Identity and Political Culture
Contents The Agreement of 11 March 1970 -- The Algiers Agreement: 1974-5 and the Kurdish Revolution -- Internal Displacement -- Militant Kurdish Nationalism: 1976-90 -- 6. Reconstructing and Consolidating National Identity: 1991-2008 -- The Rapareen of March 1991: Causes and Consequences -- The 19 May 1992 Elections and the 1992-8 Power-Sharing System -- Political Power Structures, Power-Sharing and Kurdish National Identity: 1998-2008 -- The Notion of Kurdistanism (Kurdistaniyeti) as a New Form of Asserting National Identity: 1998-2008 -- PART TWO -- 7. Nationalism and National Identity Amongst University Students -- Why University Students? -- The Method -- Respondent Demographics -- Family Profiles: Parents' Occupations and Educational Levels -- Family Decision-Making -- Freedom to Talk to Parents about Personal or Family Issues -- Discussion
Contents 8. Toward an Understanding of Modern Kurdish Nationalism and National Identity -- Kurdistani and Iraqi National Identification -- Attitudes, Pride, Attachment and Loyalty toward Kurdistan and Iraq -- Pride as a Kurdistani versus Iraqi -- Pride or Hostility toward the Kurdistani National Flag versus the Iraqi National Flag -- Attitudes, Pride, Attachment and Loyalty toward Tribe, Area of Origin, Language and Religion -- Attachment and Loyalty to Respondents' Local Areas -- Attachment and Loyalty to Kurdish, Arabic and English Languages -- Attitudes, Pride, Attachment and Loyalty toward Kurdish Politics -- 9. Post-1990s Kurdistaniyeti -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Literature in Kurdish and Arabic -- Literature in English -- Reports and Theses.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-214) and index.
LCCN 2011281370
ISBN9781848855465 (hbk.)
ISBN184885546X (hbk.)

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