"National sovereignty entails exclusive ownership of territories and natural resources, which often leads to uncompromising domination and subjugation of life by a central political authority. In a stark contrast, the Kurdish vision of political community invokes communal sovereignty, which is detached from the nation and the territorial state"--.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Transliteration
• Ch01. Introduction
• Ch02. Autonomy Within the State
• Ch03. Constitution-Making in the Shadow of the Founding Father
• Ch04. Autonomy Against and Across Nation-States
• Ch05. Conclusion
• References
• Index
• About the Author