Between State and Non-State

IntroductionConceptualizing De Facto Statehood of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine Gülistan Gürbey/Sabine Hofmann/Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder 

Part IHistorical Background and Turning Points
1.The Iraqi Kurds: Historical backgrounds of a non-state nation Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder
2. Historical Background of the State-Building Process in Palestine As'ad Ghanem 

Part II Political System and Internal Power Structure 
3.The Evolution of the Political System of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Gareth Stansfield 
4.The (Quasi) Political System of Palestine Ghada AlMadbouh 

Part III Economic Fundamentals and Challenges 
5.The Economic System(s) of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq Sardar Aziz
6.What is the "Palestinian Economy"? Raja Khalidi

Part IV Civil Society and "State" 
7.The Reality of Civil Society in Kurdistan Region Murad Hakeem 
8.Civil Society in Palestine Samir Awad 
Part V Foreign Relations: Examples 
9.The United States and the Kurds of Iraq: Strange Allies David Romano/Hussein Rikar Kh. Hussein/Stephen Rowe 
10.Palestinian Diplomacy: Past and Present Mkhaimar Abusada 

Conclusions  Gülistan Gürbey/Sabine Hofmann/Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder
11.Understanding Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine: Comparative Features, Similarities and Differences 
12. Reflections of Statehood in the Middle East 
Chronology 
Kurdistan-Iraq Müzehher Selcuk
Palestine Silvia Nicola
Fact SheetsKurdistanPalestine 
List of Contributors

Gülistan Gürbey is Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Sabine Hofmann is Researcher and Lecturer at the Center for North Africa and Middle Eastern Politics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Marburg, Germany.


Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder is Professor of Political Science at the Center for Kurdish Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany.