Identity, politics, organization: a historical sociology of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and the Kurdish Nationalist Movement

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dc.contributor.authorJahani Asl, Mohammad Nasser
dc.contributor.supervisorVahabzadeh, Peyman
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T19:08:17Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-08-31
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe struggle of the Kurdish nation in Iran entered a new phase of modern nationalist movement since World War II, especially since the establishment of the Society for the Revival of Kurdistan (J.K.) in 1942. The J.K. was then transformed into the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which later changed its name to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in 1945. This dissertation addresses a major gap in the existing research about the study of Iranian Kurdish nationalism spearheaded by the PDKI. Offering a historical sociology, the dissertation argues that this movement should be understood within the context of the state-building process in Iran and nationalist and national liberation movements in the world. It offers, for the first time and in any language, the most extensively researched and detailed history of the PDKI, its struggles for Kurdish national rights, its programs, organizational structure, political strategies, achievements, internal conflicts, numerous splits and unifications, women’s status within it, and its relations with other parties. It critically analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the PDKI. The methodological components include: literature review, discourse analysis, content analysis, snowball sampling, in-depth, open-ended interviews with 29 high-ranking activists, archival research, fieldwork conducted in the Iraqi Kurdistan and in Europe, Internet research, and statistical data. Sources used were in English, Persian, Kurdish, and Turkish. While the PDKI has championed a democratic Kurdish nationalist movement, it has heavily undermined the democratic principles within and outside the party and underestimated women’s potential within the movement. In order for the PDKI to re-emerge as a party in sync with our times, it needs to undergo a radical reform and democratize its internal and external relations.en_US
dc.description.embargo2023-08-22
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8524
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectKurdish nationalismen_US
dc.subjectDemocratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)en_US
dc.subjectKurdistanen_US
dc.subjectsocio-historical analysisen_US
dc.subjectgender relationsen_US
dc.subjectdemocracyen_US
dc.subjectIslamic Republic of Iranen_US
dc.subjectstate buildingen_US
dc.subjectnational liberationen_US
dc.titleIdentity, politics, organization: a historical sociology of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and the Kurdish Nationalist Movementen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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