Authoritarianism and Kurdish Alternative Politics

Examines how Kurdish alternative politics and state building result in new forms of governmentality, justice and gender regimes Based on 202 interviews with Kurdish female and male activists, politicians, mayors, former and active guerrillas, unofficial court representatives and judges, local religious leaders, and representatives from different Turkish and Kurdish political parties, secular groups and women’s organisationsIntroduces a new theory of alternative governmentality, and explains how