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This book looks at how the Kurdish and Iraqi quests for nationhood have led to the transformation of Iraqi Kurdistan into an unrecognised quasi-state, and the devolution of the Iraqi state into a recognised quasi-state.

This book looks at how the Kurdish and Iraqi quests for nationhood have led to the transformation of Iraqi Kurdistan into an unrecognised quasi-state, and the devolution of the Iraqi state into a recognised quasi-state.

Since the incorporation of the Kurdish region into a newly created Iraq in 1926, the Kurdish issue has been central to the conflicts concerning Iraq. On the one hand, Kurds have become victims of a united Iraqi state and to Iraq's nation-building endeavours. On the other hand, the Kurds' quest for nationhood is a source of anomalies in the Iraqi situation. Whilst recognition and legitimisation of the Kurdish quest would lead to the risk of dis...