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" The Making and Unmaking of Kurdish Ethno-Nationalism in Iran "
Ghazanjani, Mehri
Hall, John Anthony
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1112114
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TLpq2516922585
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Ghazanjani, Mehri
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Hall, John Anthony
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The Making and Unmaking of Kurdish Ethno-Nationalism in Iran\ Ghazanjani, MehriHall, John Anthony
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McGill University (Canada)
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2019
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2019
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Ph.D.
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221
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This project provides a comprehensive analysis of the Kurdish ethno-nationalist movements of Iran. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Kurdish experts, leaders and members of major Iranian Kurdish organizations, and archival data: First, it will be argued that the level of political expression in an ethno-national community is dependent on its organizational resources, the opportunity structure of its environment, and its subjective assessment of the chances of success. The major Iranian Kurdish ethno-nationalist uprisings only emerged in significant form at times when the Iranian state was weak: the 1920s (armed revolts), 1945-1946 (ethno-nationalist separatism), and the early 1980s (full-scale war).These were all instances when the state's willingness and capacity to repress were severely compromised, when powerful allies were available, the institutionalized channels were closed, and Kurdish leaders had a high level of optimism about the prospects of insurgency. Second, focusing on Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran, I look at the dual dimensions of ethnic mobilization: individuals' decision to participate in conflict, and the effect of organizational recruitment strategies on this decision. I argue: first, individual decisions are motivated by family conditions, friendship networks and emotional relationships, prison experience, grievances, material and nonmaterial incentives; and second, the organization proactively engages in recruitment strategies and determines the processes through which individuals can learn about its activities by engaging young individuals in clandestine urban cells in Iran, on social media, and in prison. Third, I look at the geopolitics of ethno-nationalist insurgencies to argue that the Kurdish problem has not been isolated from regional developments, and certainly is not immune to outside interference. Ultimately, the common state policy of the regional powers (Iran, Iraq, and turkey) to use each other's Kurdish population has resulted in the divisiveness amongst the Kurds and has served as an impediment to the formation of a coherent and unitary Kurdish front.
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Collective action
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Cooperation
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Insurgency
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Kurds
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Modern history
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Politics
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