States at the Limit: Tracing Contemporary State-Society Relations in the Borderlands of Southeastern Turkey

There is theoretical significance to studying states and nations at their metaphorical and literal ‘borders’. Focusing on the contested border region of southeastern Anatolia, this chapter highlights the tensions, contradictions, and recent shifts in state-society relations in the rural spaces of th...

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Main Author: Leila M. Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2009-12-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4122