Lexington Books
Pages: 246
Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-66692-783-2 • Hardback • March 2023 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-66692-784-9 • eBook • March 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Turgay Demir is lecturer at the International Relations Department of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize in Turkey.
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Ideology of the Kurdish Political Movement and Its International Relations
Chapter 2 Dynamic Framing in Ethnic Lobbying
Chapter 3 Favorable Political Opportunities and the PYD Lobbying
Chapter 4 Turkish Government’s Response to PYD Lobbying: Negative Characterization and Counter-Lobbying
Chapter 5 Responsiveness Towards Normative Arguments
Chapter 6 Responsiveness Towards Strategic Arguments
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author
This well written and documented analysis lucidly unpacks the important Syrian Kurdish experience and resulting new model of Kurdish governance since the horrific civil war commenced in 2011. Recommended.
— Michael M. Gunter, Professor of Political Science, Tennessee Technological University
This is a very welcome and timely addition to the expanding literature on the Syrian Kurds. Turgay Demir builds on excellent recent work to provide valuable analysis of the PYD’s efforts to lobby for international support for Rojava’s survival, and Turkey’s counter-efforts. The book delivers a clear and comprehensive exposition of this struggle and a compelling argument for the importance of winning the narrative war alongside military efforts.
— Robert Lowe, The London School of Economics and Political Science
The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Syrian Kurdish national movement and social movement theories. It provides a well-informed and rigorous analysis of how the PYD sold its vision to international audiences depending on their overlapping or conflicting policy objectives with the PYD in Syria.
— Gordon Clubb, University of Leeds