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Kobane generation : Kurdish diaspora mobilising in France
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ISBN: 9523690434 9523690426 Year: 2021 Publisher: Helsinki Helsinki University Press

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A small Kurdish city located in northern Syria, Kobane, became symbolically significant when ISIS laid siege to the city between September 2014 and January 2015. This pivotal moment in the fight against ISIS threw the international spotlight on the Kurds. The Kobane Generation analyses how Kurdish diaspora communities mobilised in France after the breakout of the Syrian civil war and political unrest in Turkey and Iraq in the 2010s. Tens of thousands of people, mostly but not exclusively diaspora Kurds, demonstrated in major European capitals, expressed their solidarity with Kobane, and engaged in transnational political activism towards Kurdistan. In this book, Mari Toivanen discusses a series of critical events that led to different forms of transnational participation towards Kurdistan. The focus of this book is particularly on how diaspora mobilisations became visible among the second generation, the descendants of Kurdish migrants. The book addresses important questions, such as why second-generation members felt the need to mobilise and what kind of transnational participation this led to. How did the transnational participation and political activism of the second generation differ from that of their parents, and is such activism simply diasporic or also related to more global changes in political activism? The Kobane Generation offers important insights on the generational dynamics of political mobilisations and their significance to understanding diaspora contributions. More broadly, it sheds light on second-generation political activism beyond the diaspora context, analysing it in relation to global transformations in political subjectivities.

Gender and lifelong learning : critical feminist engagements
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ISBN: 1134188625 1280622156 9786610622153 0203969537 0415374847 0415374855 Year: 2017 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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Useful for students, researchers and policy makers wanting a sound overview of the critical issues of gender in lifelong learning, this book offers a view from a gender-focused perspective. It questions if lifelong learning provides opportunities to challenge or transgress gender binaries, what the implications for practice are, and more.


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Anatomy of a civil war : sociopolitical impacts of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey
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ISBN: 0472901168 0472124285 0472131001 Year: 2018 Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press,

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Anatomy of a Civil War demonstrates the destructive nature of war, ranging from the physical to the psychosocial, as well as war's detrimental effects on the environment. Despite such horrific aspects, evidence suggests that civil war is likely to generate multilayered outcomes. To examine the transformative aspects of civil war, Mehmet Gurses draws on an original survey conducted in Turkey, where a Kurdish armed group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has been waging an intermittent insurgency for Kurdish self-rule since 1984. Findings from a probability sample of 2,100 individuals randomly selected from three major Kurdish-populated provinces in the eastern part of Turkey, coupled with insights from face-to-face in-depth interviews with dozens of individuals affected by violence, provide evidence for the multifaceted nature of exposure to violence during civil war. Just as the destructive nature of war manifests itself in various forms and shapes, wartime experiences can engender positive attitudes toward women, create a culture of political activism, and develop secular values at the individual level. In addition, wartime experiences seem to robustly predict greater support for political activism. Nonetheless, changes in gender relations and the rise of a secular political culture appear to be primarily shaped by wartime experiences interacting with insurgent ideology.


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Understanding and influencing public support for insurgency and terrorism
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ISBN: 0833058762 0833058770 083305869X 9780833058775 9780833058768 9780833058690 9780833058782 0833058789 Year: 2012 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation,

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Using and testing a conceptual model that draws on social science and particularly social movement theory, this volume examines public support for al-Qa'ida's transnational jihadist movement, the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey, and the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. The authors discuss which factors were most salient across cases, how their importance varied in each case, and how this understanding can inform strategy.

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Insurgency -- Public opinion -- Case studies. --- Nepal -- History -- Civil War, 1996-2006 -- Public opinion. --- Qaida (Organization) -- Public opinion. --- Taliban -- Public opinion. --- Terrorism -- Public opinion -- Case studies. --- Terrorism --- Insurgency --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency --- Public opinion --- Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan --- Qaida (Organization) --- Taliban --- Public opinion. --- Nepal --- History --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Insurgent attacks --- Rebellions --- Ḥarakat Ṭālibān --- Taleban --- Taliby --- طالبان --- Qāʻidah (Organization) --- Quaida (Organization) --- Al-Qaida (Organization) --- Qaeda (Organization) --- International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders --- Islamic Salvation Foundation --- Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites --- Islamic Army for the Preservation of Holy Sites --- Islamic Army for the Preservation of the Holy Places --- Al Qaeda (Organization) --- Al Queda (Organization) --- Alʹ-Kaida (Organization) --- Kaida (Organization) --- R̄ekxirawî Elqaʻîde --- Elqaʻîde (Organization) --- تنظيم القاعدة --- قاعدة (منظمة) --- Al-Qaedah (Organization) --- Partiya Karkere Kürdistan --- PKK --- Kurdish Workers' Party --- Worker's Party of Kurdistan --- Apocular (Organization) --- Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans --- Partiya Karkerén Kürdistan --- Ergatiko Komma tou Kourdistan --- Kurdistan Isci Partisi --- Partito kurdo dei lavoratori --- Partito comunista kurdo --- Partî Kirêkaranî Kurdistan --- KİP --- Ḥizb al-ʻUmmāl al-Kūrdistānī --- Nīpāl --- Ni-po-erh --- Nepāḥ --- Nepal Adhirajya --- Kingdom of Nepal --- Nepāla --- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal --- Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl --- Непал --- Savezna Demokratska Republika Nepal --- República Federal Democràtica del Nepal --- Kongeriget Nepal --- Demokratische Bundesrepublik Nepal --- Νεπάλ --- Nepalo --- Federacia Demokratia Respubliko Nepalo --- República Federal Democrática de Nepal --- Nepali Demokraatlik Liitvabariik --- Nepalgo Errepublika Demokratiko Federala --- Nepalin demokraattinen liittotasavalta --- République démocratique fédérale du Népal --- נפאל --- Sambandslýðveldið Nepal --- ネパール --- Nepāru --- 네팔 --- Nepalia --- Federale Democratische Republiek Nepal --- Nepālas Federālā Demokrātiskā Republika --- Федеративная Демократическая Республика Непал --- Federativnai︠a︡ Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Nepal --- Савезна Демократска Република Непал --- Республіка Непал --- Respublika Nepal --- Федеративна Демократична Республіка Непал --- Federatyvna Demokratychna Respublika Nepal --- Cộng hòa dân chủ liên bang Nepal --- 尼泊尔 --- Nibo'er --- Direct action --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Civil war --- Revolutions --- Government, Resistance to --- Internal security --- Kongreya Azadî û Demokrasiya Kurdistan --- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

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