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Anatomy of a civil war : sociopolitical impacts of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey
- Title
- Anatomy of a civil war : sociopolitical impacts of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey / Mehmet Gurses.
- Author
- Gurses, Mehmet
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xi, 179 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subjects
- Turkey
- Civil war
- Insurgency
- Since 1980
- Kurds > Autonomy and independence movements
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies
- Case studies
- Turkey > Politics and government > 1980-
- Politics and government
- Turkey > Ethnic relations
- Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê
- History
- Civil war > Case studies
- Ethnic relations
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General
- Insurgency > Case studies
- Kurds > Turkey > Politics and government
- Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê History
- Kurds > Turkey > History > Autonomy and independence movements
- Kurds > Politics and government
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Peace
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1544
- ISBN
- 9780472131006
- 0472131001
- LCCN
- 2018021268
- OCLC
- 1037292063
- Author
- Gurses, Mehmet, author.
- Title
- Anatomy of a civil war : sociopolitical impacts of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey / Mehmet Gurses.
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1980
- Other Form:
- Online version: Gurses, Mehmet. Anatomy of a civil war. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2018 9780472124282 (DLC) 2018029536
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-1544