Between State and Non-State: Politics and Society in Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349958924)

Introduction Conceptualizing De Facto Statehood of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine G?istan G?bey/Sabine Hofmann/Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder

Part I Historical Background and Turning Points
1. The Iraqi Kurds: Historical backgrounds of a non-state nation Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder
2. Historical Background of the State-Building Process in Palestine As'ad Ghanem

Part II Political System and Internal Power Structure
3. The Evolution of the Political System of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Gareth Stansfield
4. The (Quasi) Political System of Palestine Ghada AlMadbouh

Part III Economic Fundamentals and Challenges
5. The Economic System(s) of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq Sardar Aziz
6. What is the "Palestinian Economy"? Raja Khalidi

Part IV Civil Society and "State"
7. The Reality of Civil Society in Kurdistan Region Murad Hakeem
8. Civil Society in Palestine Samir Awad

Part V Foreign Relations: Examples
9. The United States and the Kurds of Iraq: Strange Allies David Romano/Hussein Rikar Kh. Hussein/Stephen Rowe
10. Palestinian Diplomacy: Past and Present Mkhaimar Abusada

Conclusions G?istan G?bey/Sabine Hofmann/Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder
11. Understanding Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine: Comparative Features, Similarities and Differences
12. Reflections of Statehood in the Middle East
Chronology
Kurdistan-Iraq M?ehher Selcuk
Palestine Silvia Nicola
Fact SheetsKurdistanPalestine
List of Contributors


Author: G?istan G?bey
ISBN-10: 1349958921
ISBN-13: 9781349958924
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2018
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.61d