Kurdish politics in Iran : crossborder interactions and mobilisation since 1947 /

Kurdish Politics in Iran: Crossborder Interactions and Mobilisation since 1947 is a political and historical study of different stages of the Iranian Kurdish movement from 1947 to 2017. This book deals with two main elements of the Iranian Kurdish movement, firstly, the formation and politicization...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hassaniyan, Allan, 1977- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2021].
Subjects:	Kurds > Iran > History > Autonomy and independence movements. Kurds > Iraq > History > Autonomy and independence movements. Kurdistan > History > Autonomy and independence movements. Iran > Ethnic relations > 20th century. Iran > Ethnic relations > 21st century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.

Table of Contents:

Kurdish nationalism : from emergence to politicisation
The Kurdish peasant revolt : the first indication of class struggle
Movement mobilisation through crossborder interaction
The 1979 revolution and the Iranian Kurdish movement
Khodmokhtari : the focal point of Kurdish-regime dispute
Internal disintegration and chaos
Decades of decline and uncertainty
Reform and repression.