Rojava : revolution, war, and the future of Syria's Kurds /

The history and politics of Syrian Kurdistan, with a special focus on the revolution in Rojava.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidinger, Thomas, 1974- (Author)
Other Authors: Schiffmann, Michael (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2018.
Edition:English edition.
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Table of 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?