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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808341503321

Autore

Anderson Liam D

Titolo

Crisis in Kirkuk : the ethnopolitics of conflict and compromise / / Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009

ISBN

1-283-89113-1

0-8122-0604-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century

National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century

Altri autori (Persone)

StansfieldGareth R. V

Disciplina

957.7044/31

Soggetti

Ethnic conflict - Iraq - Karkūk - History - 21st century

Compromise formation - Iraq - Karkūk - History - 21st century

Turkmen - Iraq - Karkūk - Social conditions - 21st century

Kurds - Iraq - Karkūk - Social conditions - 21st century

Arabs - Iraq - Karkūk - Social conditions - 21st century

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Social aspects - Iraq - Karkūk

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Political aspects - Iraq - Karkūk

Karkūk (Iraq) Ethnic relations Political aspects

Karkūk (Iraq) Politics and government 21st century

Karkūk (Iraq) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-281) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite dramatic improvements in the security environment in most parts of Iraq, still unresolved are many core political issues, foremost of which is the conflict over the city and region of Kirkuk. With immense oil reserves and a diverse population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens,



Kirkuk in recent history has been scarred by interethnic violence and state-sponsored ethnic cleansing. Throughout the twentieth century, successive Arab Iraqi governments engaged in a brutal campaign to increase Kirkuk's Arab population at the expense of Kurds and Turkmens. Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a newly empowered Kurdish leadership has sought to reverse the effects of the Arabization campaign and to hold a referendum on incorporating Kirkuk into the Kurdistan Region. The Kurds' efforts are, however, strongly opposed by Kirkuk's Turkmens, Arabs, and also most states in the region.In Crisis in Kirkuk, Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield offer a dispassionate analysis of one of Iraq's most pressing and unresolved problems. Drawing on extensive research and fieldwork, the authors investigate the claims to ownership made by each of Kirkuk's competing communities. They consider the constitutional mechanisms put in place to address the issue and the problems that have plagued their implementation. The book concludes with an assessment of the measures needed to resolve the crisis in Kirkuk, stressing that finding a compromise acceptable to all sides is vital to the future stability of Iraq.