- Description
Description
Latif Tas investigates the triangular relationship between nationalism, justice and gender politics to explore how influencing this dynamic allows authoritarian rulers to stay in power for longer and justify their actions for monopolising power. Based on ethnographic research in Turkey, Syria, and Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as Kurdish diasporas in Europe, the book examines how communities challenge existing state power, authoritarianism and control. It focuses on alternative legal and political practices established by the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) such as local policing, informal judicial mechanisms and taxing, and shows how this divergence from state-led systems forges a sense of community among Kurds and creates a de-facto parallel state. It pays particular attention to the Kurdish political movement's success in achieving its aim of redressing gender-based injustices to create an equal society.
Author: Latif Tas
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 08/16/2023
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9781474457422
ISBN10: 1474457428
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | World | Middle Eastern
- History | Modern | 21st Century
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
