Perspectives on Kurdistan’s Economy and Society in Transition

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by  Almas Heshmati, Alan Dilani

POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

P K ’
ERSPECTIVES ON URDISTAN S
E S
CONOMY AND OCIETY
IN TRANSITION

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POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

P K ’
ERSPECTIVES ON URDISTAN S
E S
CONOMY AND OCIETY
IN TRANSITION

ALMAS HESHMATI
ALAN DILANI
AND
SERWAN M. J. BABAN
EDITORS

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CONTENTS

Preface ix
Acknowledgment of Financial Support xi
List of Editors and Contributors xiii
Abbreviations xix
Chapter 1 Introduction to and Summary of the Contributions 1
Almas Heshmati, Alan Dilani and Serwan M. J. Baban
Part One: Human Rights and Freedom
Chapter 2 Struggle for Freedom and Human Rights -
A Multifaceted Problem, Requiring a Single Answer 9
Peter Herrmann
Chapter 3 Kurdish Women‘s Role in the Struggle for Freedom 19
Soheila Ghaderi-Mameli
Chapter 4 Challenges in Documenting Human Rights Violations
against Kurdish Populations in Iran 31
Gissou Nia
Part Two: Greater Kurdistan
Chapter 5 A Strategy to Rescue Kurdish Culture and Education
in a Divided Kurdistan 43
Badirkhan Sindi
Chapter 6 Establishment of Greater Kurdistan and Consolidation
of National Identity: A Strategic Brand Building Programme 51
Deborah Morgan-Jones
Part Three: Education and Nation Building
Chapter 7 The Role of the Kurdistan Region Government Higher
Education Institutions in the Process of Nation Building 73
Serwan M. J. Baban
vi Contents
Chapter 8 The Impact of Sociolinguistics on Scientific Education:
A Case Study in the City of Hakkari 85
Mukadder Baran
Part Four: Diaspora
Chapter 9 Sweden as a Gravitation Center for the Kurds –
Diaspora Formation and Transnational Relations 101
Khalid Khayati
Chapter 10 Kurdish Elite Diaspora Practicing Trans-Nationalism 115
Media Royan
Chapter 11 Developing a Kurdistan Diaspora Intellectual
Model and Policy: A Public Management Perspective 125
Heja Sindi
Part Five: Politics and International Relations
Chapter 12 The Rise and Fall of the Kurdish Initiative in Turkey 141
Michael M. Gunter
Chapter 13 Analysis of Kurdistan‘s Current Political
Situation within the Middle East 153
Hemin Salah (Hawrami)
Chapter 14 The Kurdish Factor in Turkish Politics:
Impediment or Facilitator to Turkey‘s
European Prospects? 163
Marianna Charountaki
Part Six: Corruption
Chapter 15 Effective Legal and Practical Measures to
Combat Corruption in the Kurdistan Region 195
Chemen Bajalan
Part Seven: Health Care and Trauma
Chapter 16 The Salutogenic Approach to Health:
Search for A Healthy Society in Kurdistan 211
Alan Dilani
Chapter 17 Breast Cancer Screening Working Group 229
Abdulkadir H. Hasan, Hiro Khoshnaw,
Tahir Hawramy, Abdulla Saeed, Dulsoz J. Amin,
Dillshad S. Shareef, Saeed N. Younis,
Abdullah J. Rajab and Kakil I. Rasul
Chapter 18 Individual vs. Society: A Comparative Analysis 247
Kamal Artin
Contents vii
Part Eight: Economy, Business, Science and Technology
Chapter 19 Doing Business in Kurdistan: A Risk Assessment 259
Saman Shali
Chapter 20 Establishment of Hawler Science and Technology Park 273
Nabaz T. Khayyat
Chapter 21 Preconditions to Industrial Development
in the Kurdistan Region 305
Almas Heshmati
Appendix A Program of the 1st World Kurdish Congress 327
Appendix B Opening Speech by Leyla Zana 331
Appendix C “Weaving a New Tapestry for Kurdistan”:
Welcome Speech at the First World
Kurdish Congress by Carol Prunhuber 333
Appendix D The Editors Recommendations for
Kurdistan Regional Government 337
Index of Authors 343
Index 345