Durukan Kuzu (Coventry University)

Multiculturalism in Turkey

The Kurds and the State

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Produktbeschreibung

Looking at the situation of Kurds in Turkey through the lens of multiculturalism, this book offers a comparative analysis of attempts to find a solution to the often violent situation. Looking at wider contexts of state and nation-building projects, this book is ideal for scholars and policy makers working on Turkish politics, Kurds, national minorities, multiculturalism and conflict resolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 162mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781108417822
• ISBN-10: 1108417825
• Artikelnr.: 49380786

Autorenporträt

Durukan Kuzu is a research fellow and senior lecturer at Coventry University. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and has taught courses on the theory and problems of nationalism in the Government Department at the LSE. He was the co-Chair of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, UK, and has published in political science journals including Nations and Nationalism and Comparative European Politics. He contributes to media outlets such as CNN International and advises the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada on the treatment of Kurds in Turkey.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The theory of national minorities: from state nationalism to multiculturalism
3. Multiculturalism for national minorities: one size does not fit all
4. Turkey's Kurdish dilemma: 'segmented forms of assimilation'
5. When multiculturalism does not fit: Kurds and Turkey in the 2000s
6. Can multiculturalism really end ethnic conflicts?
7. Conclusion.