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Author Anderson, Liam D., author

Title Crisis in Kirkuk : the ethnopolitics of conflict and compromise / Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield
Published Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) : maps
Series National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century.
Contents Kirkuk before Iraq -- Kirkuk in the twentieth century -- The post-2003 Iraqi context -- The Turkmen perspective : the demise of a formerly dominant community -- The Kurdish perspective : gaining "Jerusalem" -- The Arab perspective : applying the old rules -- The Kurds ascendant -- The Kurds triumphant -- The Kurds denied -- The struggle for Kirkuk : problems of process -- The struggle for Kirkuk : problems of final status -- The struggle for Kirkuk : future governance
Summary With immense oil reserves and a diverse population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens, Kirkuk's history has been scarred by interethnic violence and state-sponsored ethnic cleansing. This book offers a dispassionate analysis of the struggle for control of Kirkuk, arguing that Iraq's future stability depends on resolving the crisis in this region
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-281) and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Political aspects -- Iraq -- Karkūk
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Social aspects -- Iraq -- Karkūk
Arabs -- Iraq -- Karkūk -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Kurds -- Iraq -- Karkūk -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Turkmen -- Iraq -- Karkūk -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Compromise formation -- Iraq -- Karkūk -- History -- 21st century
Ethnic conflict -- Iraq -- Karkūk -- History -- 21st century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy.
Arabs -- Social conditions
Buddhism and politics
Compromise formation
Ethnic conflict
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
Kurds -- Social conditions
Politics and government
Social aspects
SUBJECT Karkūk (Iraq) -- History
Karkūk (Iraq) -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Karkūk (Iraq) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
Subject Iraq -- Karkūk
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Stansfield, Gareth R. V., author.
ISBN 9780812206043
0812206045
0812241762
9780812241761