{"product_id":"activists-in-office-9780295990507","title":"Activists in Office","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicole F. Watts sheds light not only on the particular situation of Kurds in Turkey, but also on the challenges, risks, and potential benefits for comparable movements operating in less-than-fully democratic contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An original and well-informed book that makes a most welcome contribution to the literature on Kurdish politics in particular and nationalism and democratic politics more generally. . . . an innovative, sharp, and valuable study.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michael A. Reynolds * Political Science Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Most of the recently published books on the Kurdish problem in Turkey focus on the armed struggle and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Watts, however, offers a much-appreciated alternative approach.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michael M. Gunter * Insight Turkey *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Watts' book is embedded in a solid theoretical paradigm that shed light on the four major Kurdish nationalist movements in Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Turkey since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Summing up: Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Other Routes of Resistance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Early Routes: Conditions of Kurdish Electoral Mobilization \u003cbr\u003e 2. New Collective Challengers: The Institutional Trajectory of Turkey’s First Pro-Kurdish Party\u003cbr\u003e 3. Resources of the System \u003cbr\u003e 4. Characteristics of Coercion: Obstructing Access to Resources\u003cbr\u003e 5. Producing Competing Truths \u003cbr\u003e 6. Creating a New Kurdish Subject\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: Assessing a Challenger’s Impact \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400919064919,"sku":"9780295990507","price":33.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295990507.jpg?v=1730471948","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/activists-in-office-9780295990507","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}