Alessandro Tinti

Oil and National Identity in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Conflicts at the Frontier of Petro-Capitalism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the interplay between the oil industry and identity politics using the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a case study.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 233mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780367751289
• ISBN-10: 0367751283
• Artikelnr.: 68714514

Autorenporträt

Alessandro Tinti holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy. He is currently Research Fellow at La Sapienza University of Rome and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the trail of oil 1. The nature of conflict: on oil and
violence 2. The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: borders, identity, oil 3. The
gate to statehood: Kurdish nationalism and the oil dream 4. A nation
divided: Kurdish infighting and black gold 5. No friends but the mountains:
extractivism and social control Conclusions: the making of oil environments