The Kurds in a Changing Middle East

Faleh A. Jabar was Research Fellow at the School of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London and President of the Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies in Beirut. His publications in English include: The Shi'ite Movement in Iraq (2003), Tribes and Power in the Middle East (2002), and Ayatollahs, Sufis and Ideologues (2002) and wrote a number of books in Arabic as well as contributions to peer-reviewed edited collections and journals. Renad Mansour is Research Fellow at both the Cambridge Security Initiative at the University of Cambridge and The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. He has previously been Lecturer of International Studies in the Faculty of Politics at Cambridge University and Senior Fellow at The Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies, Beirut.

Maps showing the predominantly Kurdish areas in the Middle East
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Note on Bibliographic Referencing
Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction. The Kurdish Moment and the Fate of the Unitary State in
the Middle East, Faleh A. Jabar

Part I. New Society: The Kurds in a Changing Middle East
Chapter 1. New and Old Dynamics in the Construction of Kurdish Nationhood –
Some Reflections Faleh A. Jabar
Chapter 2. Problems and Outlooks of Kurdish Representation, Renad Mansour
Chapter 3. Segmentation of Political Parties in Underdeveloped Contexts –
The Case of the Kurds, Gareth Stansfield
Chapter 4. The Rise of the White Kurds – An Essay in Regional Political
Economy, Michiel Leezenberg
Chapter 5. Forms and Prospects of Kurdish Armed Struggle, David Romano

Part II. Old Society: Perennial Continuity
Chapter 6. Tribes and Ethnic Identity, Martin van Bruinessen
Chapter 7. Tribes and Politics, Hamit Bozarslan
Chapter 8. Gender, Family, Patriarchy and Women, Sami Zubaida

Part III. Reflections on the Historiography of the Kurds
Chapter 9. A Critical Overview of Early British Kurdish Studies, Michael Gunter
Chapter 10. Kurdish History – Not a Neutral Pursuit, Janet Klein

Author Biographies
Maps showing the predominantly Kurdish areas in the Middle East