| ID | 181052 |
| Title Proper | Thinking Theoretically about the Kurds |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gunter, Michael M |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Thinking theoretically about three important and recent events affecting the Kurds can help us to understand better their political experiences.1 These events include (1) The breakdown of the Turkish Government-Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) cease-fire in July 2015; (2) the failure of the advisory referendum on independence that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq held on September 25, 2017; and (3) the Turkish military incursion into northeastern Syria (Rojava or Syrian Kurdistan) in October 2019. I first examine five different theories of international relations as well as the concept of levels of analysis and theories of nationalism. In doing so, I refer intermittently to these three important recent events concerning the Kurds and then describe them more fully to illustrate how thinking theoretically can help explain what happened and why. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Critique Vol. 30, No.3; 2021: p.287-306 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Critique Vol: 30 No 3 |
| Key Words | Nationalism ; Liberalism ; Turkey ; Kurds ; Marxism ; Feminism ; Constructivism ; RealismTheory |