1st Edition
Oil and National Identity in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Conflicts at the Frontier of Petro-Capitalism
By Alessandro Tinti
Copyright 2022
202 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
202 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
202 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Examining the interplay between the oil economy and identity politics using the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a case study, this book tells the untold story of how extractivism in the Kurdish autonomous region is interwoven in a mosaic of territorial disputes, simmering ethnic tensions, dynastic rule, party allegiances, crony patronage, and divergent visions about nature.
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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
Biography
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.
