Essays about: "kurds"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the word kurds.

  1. 16. The Rojava Revolution: Kurdish women’s reclaim of citizenship in a stateless context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Sanna Ghotbi; [2016-09-28]
    Keywords : Rojava; Kurdish women’s movement; reclaiming citizenship; gender justice;

    Abstract : The Kurds have historically been subjected to structural forms of oppression such as being denied the right to land, their language, culture, political participation or even a passport and social security number. Within this process the Kurdish women’s marginalisation has been doubled as they have been subjected to patriarchal laws, restricting their rights. READ MORE

  3. 17. The State of Violence : A Qualitative study of the Types of Violence committed against the Kurds by the Turkish State

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Michael Farr; [2016]
    Keywords : kurds; turkey; violence; typology; structural; political; institutional; symbolic; developmental;

    Abstract : Abstract This study examines and analyzes the types of violence committed by the Turkish state against the Kurds. Using a comprehensive typology of violence and qualitative analysis of news and NGO reports, the researcheris study asks what types and forms of violence does the Turkish state and their affiliates commit against the Kurds? While answering this research question a rubric was formulated this study also formulates a rubric (actor, motivation, form of violence) to utilize with a typology of violence that fills gaps of State Repression theory (the leading theory used in this subject matter) analysis. READ MORE

  4. 18. Turkey and its call for a safe area in Syria

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Charlotte Schuringa; [2016]
    Keywords : safe area; buffer zone; Turkey; Syria; political will; R2P; UN Security Council; Kurds;

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  5. 19. Consociational democracy as a tool for conflict resolution in plural societies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sayran Eliassi Sarzali; [2014]
    Keywords : Islamists; Seculars; Kurds; Consociationalism; Power-sharing; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The fragmentation of the Turkish society into religious, ethnic and ideological cleavages, as a result of a series of historical events, has led to armed conflicts and a series of military coups, claiming the life of thousands throughout history. Suffering from a democratic deficit, the Turkish state has repeatedly failed to create a system of democratic institutions that accommodates the interests and demands, of the diverse groups of the Turkish society. READ MORE

  6. 20. US  Foreign  Policy  toward  Iraq’s  and  Syria’s  Kurds : A  qualitative  case  study  of  the  2014  Sieges  of  Sinjar  and  Kobani,  examining  the  effects  of ideology  on  state  to  non-state  actor  relations.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Dwayne Thompson; [2014]
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