عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Country Code
IR
Number
119T
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION OR PRODUCTlON
Country of publication
IR
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The transformation of Kurdish political identity in Turkey: Impact of modernization, democratization and globalization
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The University of Utah: United States -- Utah
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
: 2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
292 pages
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
, The University of Utah: United States -- Utah
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In this dissertation I examine the impact of transformation in opportunity space, organizational structure, and cultural framing efforts of the political actors on Kurdish political identity. Applying a synthesis of social movement theories and theories on nationalism, I seek to explore why and how a political identity is transformed. My main research question is why and under what conditions one component of Kurdish identity becomes dominant over other components in a certain period. The answer to this question lies in transformation of political space and role of political entrepreneurs. The first dramatic transformation in opportunity space was the transition in state structure from the imperial state system to the nation-state system. The transition was a gradual development that aimed to modernize society. When the implications of the modernization process arrived the in the Kurdish region through state led modernization projects such as schools, print media, etc., Kurdish nationalists were empowered and they found available opportunity space to mobilize Kurdish masses around the Kurdish nationalist principles.I have two theoretical claims. First, nationalism is an outcome of the modernization projects. The state plays an important role in standardizing nationalist messages through its institutions and standardized education policies. However besides the state, nationalist organizations also have the ability to crystallize nationalist messages if a given society has no state to standardize nationalist message. Second, I argue, it is the transformation of political opportunity space that facilitates the transformation of political identity. Transformation in opportunity space produce/reproduce new political actors whose mobilization strategies may open new avenues in shaping political identities. The resource mobilization strategies chosen by actors shape the direction of identity transformation. To shape the direction of political identity what needs to be created is the availability of political entrepreneurs and their willingness to establish collective vehicles to disseminate shared understanding of the world around a given society enables collective action.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle Eastern history
Political science
Ethnic studies
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Political identity
Subject Term
Modernization
Subject Term
Democratization
Subject Term
Globalization
Subject Term
Kurdish nationalism
Subject Term
Nationalism
Subject Term
Islam
Subject Term
Ethnic politics
Subject Term
Turkey
Subject Term
Kurds
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Uslu, Emrullah
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Country
ایران
Agency
National Center for Globalization Studies
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