{"product_id":"zones-of-rebellion-kurdish-insurgents-and-the-turkish-state-hardback-9780801453540","title":"Zones of Rebellion; Kurdish Insurgents and the Turkish State (Hardback) 9780801453540","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eZones of Rebellion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eKurdish Insurgents and the Turkish State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAysegul Aydin (Author), Cem Emrence (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801453540\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages, 3 maps, 5 tables, 2 charts - 5 Tables, unspecified\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZones of Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e is a slim book, but it manages to fit plenty in. It is determinedly wonkish and non-ideological, divided into sections examining the origins and tactics of both the PKK and the Turkish military. It shows how decisions taken in response to particular circumstances set the future direction of the conflict and limited the options of both players. Ultimately, this path dependence led to political stalemate. At critical junctures each side pursued policies that might seem inefficient to an outside observer.\u003c\/p\u003e - William Armstrong (Hurriyet Daily News)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do insurgents and governments select their targets?\u003c\/b\u003e Which ideological discourses and organizational policies do they adopt to win civilian loyalties and control territory? Aysegul Aydin and Cem Emrence suggest that both insurgents and governments adopt a wide variety of coercive strategies in war environments.\u003ci\u003e Zones of Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e integrates Turkish-Ottoman history with social science theory and unveils long-term policies that continue to inform the distribution of violence in Anatolia. The authors show the astonishing similarity in combatants' practices over time and their resulting inability to consolidate Kurdish people and territory around their respective political agendas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Kurdish insurgency in Turkey is one of the longest-running civil wars in the Middle East. For the first time, \u003ci\u003eZones of Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how violence in this conflict has varied geographically. Identifying distinct zones of violence, Aydin and Emrence show why Kurds and Kurdish territories have followed different political trajectories, guaranteeing continued strife between Kurdish insurgents and the Turkish state in an area where armed groups organized along ethnic lines have battled the central state since Ottoman times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAydin and Emrence present the first empirical analysis of Kurdish insurgency, relying on original data. These new datasets include information on the location, method, timing, target, and outcome of more than ten thousand insurgent attacks and counterinsurgent operations between 1984 and 2008. Another data set registers civilian unrest in Kurdish urban centers for the same period, including nearly eight hundred incidents ranging from passive resistance to active challenges to Turkey's security forces. The authors argue that both state agents and insurgents are locked into particular tactics in their conduct of civil war and that the inability of combatants to switch from violence to civic politics leads to a long-running stalemate. Such rigidity blocks negotiations and prevents battlefield victories from being translated into political solutions and lasting agreements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Zone Making\u003cbr\u003e Midfield Wars\u003cbr\u003e Origins of Violence\u003cbr\u003e Looking Ahead\u003cb\u003ePart I. Insurgency\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Competitive Origins\u003cbr\u003e Building Trust\u003cbr\u003e Extracting Resources\u003cbr\u003e The Weberian Experiment Failed\u003cbr\u003e Organizational Inertia\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Ideology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Fight for Independence\u003cbr\u003e Inviting Pressure from Abroad\u003cbr\u003e Bargaining with the State\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Strategy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Border Specialist\u003cbr\u003e Reaching Out\u003cbr\u003e Paying the Price\u003cbr\u003e Back to Botan\u003cb\u003ePart II. Counterinsurgency\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Administrative Solutions\u003cbr\u003e Special Rule\u003cbr\u003e Redistricting\u003cbr\u003e Abandoning the Countryside\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Ideology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rural Bias\u003cbr\u003e Blaming Foreign Sponsors\u003cbr\u003e A Developmentalist Response\u003cbr\u003e The Backup Plan: Co-optation\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Strategy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Locating Insurgents\u003cbr\u003e Sweep and Strike\u003cbr\u003e Curbing Civilian Unrest\u003cbr\u003e The No-Entry Zone\u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Forging Identities\u003cbr\u003e Path-Dependent Origins\u003cbr\u003e Room for Contingency\u003ci\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541787242776,"sku":"9780801453540","price":32.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/zones-of-rebellion-kurdish-insurgents-and-the-turkish-state-hardback-9780801453540","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}