The ‘Rojava revolution’ in Syrian Kurdistan: a model of development for the middle east?
dc.citation.epage | 76 | en_US |
dc.citation.issueNumber | 3 | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 53 | en_US |
dc.citation.volumeNumber | 47 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cemgil, C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hoffmann, C. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-12T10:47:14Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-12T10:47:14Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | en_US |
dc.department | Department of International Relations | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | As the civil war in Syria continues, in the territory of Rojava - in Kurdish, ‘the West’ - the northern Syrian Kurdish political movement is attempting to implement ‘libertarian municipalism’, based on the thoughts of United States (US) anarchist Murray Bookchin. Since the withdrawal of Syrian regime forces in 2012, the movement has consolidated significant territorial gains as a US ally in the anti-Islamic State (IS) struggle, while simultaneously securing Russian support. Viewed with suspicion by Turkey, Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan, the geopolitical conditions of Rojava’s emergence are its greatest impediment. This article analyses Rojava’s model of rule and socioeconomic development, and its theory and practice in the context of the civil war, and regional Middle Eastern and wider global geopolitics. It reflects on Rojava’s place and meaning for contemporary geopolitics in the Middle East, and considers the territory’s prospects, discussing its transformative potential for an otherwise troubled region. © 2016 The Authors and Institute of Development Studies. | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.19088/1968-2016.144 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0265-5012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/36653 | |
dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
dc.publisher | Institute of Development Studies | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/1968-2016.144 | en_US |
dc.source.title | IDS Bulletin | en_US |
dc.subject | Middle east | en_US |
dc.subject | Revolution | en_US |
dc.subject | Civil war | en_US |
dc.subject | Geopolitics | en_US |
dc.subject | Popular protest | en_US |
dc.subject | Regional politics | en_US |
dc.subject | Socioeconomic conditions | en_US |
dc.subject | Iraq | en_US |
dc.subject | Kurdistan [Iraq] | en_US |
dc.subject | Russian Federation | en_US |
dc.subject | Syrian Arab Republic | en_US |
dc.subject | Turkey | en_US |
dc.subject | United States | en_US |
dc.title | The ‘Rojava revolution’ in Syrian Kurdistan: a model of development for the middle east? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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