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1. 1. Cross-border Unity or Fragmentation of the Kurds - A Qualitative Content Analysis on the KRG’s and the PYD’s Views on National Identity and Statehood

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Maral Afsharian; [2020]
   Keywords : Kurds; KRG; PYD; Statehood; Independence; National Identity; Kurdistan. Kurder; statsskap; självständighet; nationell identitet; Kurdistan.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Med en befolkning på cirka 30 miljoner människor är kurderna den fjärde största etniska gruppen i Mellanöstern. Trots detta har kurderna inte sin egen självständiga stat vilket gör dem till en minoritetsgrupp i Turkiet, Irak, Iran och Syrien. READ MORE

3. 2. Is Kurdistan heading toward democracy? : A Case Study of Democratization process in Iraqi Kurdistan

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Maroa Ahmed; [2018]
   Keywords : Middle east; democracy; democratization; autocracy; authoritarianism; Kurds.; Mellanöstern; demokrati; demokratisering; autokrati; Kurder.;

   Abstract : Can a nation without being an independent state reach democracy? According to some researchers a democratization process cannot happen without having an independent state with control over their own territories. The Kurdish people without a given state are divided between four authoritarian states in the Middle east and in opposite to its neighbors' have Kurds ambition to become democratic always existed. READ MORE