CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. ABBREVIATIONS ix
5. BRICOLAGE xi
6. Part I Kurdish Diaspora Mobilisation and Identity Formation
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. 2 Conceptual and Theoretical Framework 19
9. 3 Methodology and Fieldwork 49
10. Part II The Emergence of Kurdish Activists in Syria and in Denmark
11. 4 The Kurds of Syria: From the Forgotten People to World-stage Actors 59
12. 5 Becoming a Diaspora: The Kurds and Kurdish Activists in Denmark 85
13. Part III Ambiguous Interplays
14. 6 The Castle and the Square: Political Lobbyism 111
15. 7 The Courtroom: Legal Struggle for Military Support 149
16. 8 The Suburb and the Field: Charity Work 186
17. Part IV Findings and Conclusions
18. 9 Ambiguous Interplays and Reformulations of Kurdish Identities 215
19. Appendix 232
20. References 234
21. Index 259