A01=Gareth R. V. Stansfield
Author_Gareth R. V. Stansfield
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Consociational Political Systems
democracy
Dohuk Governorate
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emergent
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Erbil Governorate
Foreign National Governments
Fourth Cabinet
Hoshyar Zebari
Humanitarian Aid
INC
Iraqi Kurdish Political
Iraqi Kurdish Region
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurds
Iraqi Opposition
jalal
Jalal Talabani
KNA
KRG
kurdish
Kurdish National Movement
Kurdish Political
Kurdistan Liberation Movement
Kurdistan Regional Government
Massoud Barzani
mustafa
nawshirwan
Political Bureau
Political Party
politician
PUK
region
talabani
UN
Product details
- ISBN 9780415612821
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Nov 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Iraqi Kurds have enjoyed de facto statehood in the north of Iraq for over a decade but Intra-Kurdish fighting, military incursions by Turkey and Iran and the constant threat posed by Saddam Hussein have plagued this 'democratic experiment'.
In this book, Stansfield explores the development of the Kurdish political system since 1991. He examines the difficult and often violent relations between the two dominant powers, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and their relationship with the Kurdish Regional Government in order to understand the current state of Iraqi Kurdish politics and the operation of the state.
This topical in-depth study identifies the main dynamics of Iraqi Kurdish politics, analyzes the record and potential of the 'Kurdish democratic experiment', and identifies the present and future Kurdish leaders.
Gareth R. V. Stansfield is Research Fellow of Political Development at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. He has spent three years in Iraqi Kurdistan working alongside the Kurdistan Regional Government, the KDP and the PUK.
