Kamaran Palani
Biographic Data
| ID | 3046726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kamaran Palani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kamaran |
| FAMILY NAME | Palani |
| SIGNATURE | PALANI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Salahaddin University-Erbil |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4463-0085 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How Power-Sharing Endures: Generational Change and Institutional Persistence in Iraq
This article examines how Iraq’s ethno-sectarian power-sharing system has continued despite significant generational change since 2003. Drawing on an online survey alongside structured group discussions and interviews in Baghdad and Erbil, it shows that three interacting mechanisms—identity reconfiguration, legitimacy erosion, and priority divergence—fragment reform coalitions and reinforce elite incentives for institutional continuity. The find…
Layers of Power‐Sharing: Intra‐Communal Power Rivalry and Its Impact on Power‐Sharing System in Iraq
What is the nature of Iraq's consociational power‐sharing system, and what mechanisms drive its operation in practice? This paper argues that Iraq's consociationalism operates through a dual‐layer structure: macro‐level inter‐communal arrangements and micro‐level intra‐communal agreements. Drawing on original interviews and focus groups with Iraqi elites and civil society representatives, the study demonstrates, through an analysis of the 2021–20…
Iraq: Armed Influence in Education and Sub-National Governance and Their Implications for Statehood
This paper examines the influence of Shia armed groups on sub-national governance structures in Iraq, focusing on the education sector in Nineveh province. Drawing on Bourdieu’s conceptualisation of the state as a field of power, the study investigates how these groups extend their influence beyond security by embedding themselves in local governance and education. Based on twenty-one interviews with educators, academics, and community representa…
Client agency in a multiple patron setting: The case of Iraqi Kurdistan
This paper delves into the dynamics of patron-client relationships within the context of Iraqi Kurdistan, examining how the Kurdish leadership navigates and manages multiple patron relationships. It also examines the 2017 referendum for independence in Kurdistan as a crisis case study, shedding light on its impact on the patron-client relationship between the U.S. and Kurdistan. Employing interviews with policymakers and researchers, complemented…
Fluid State-Building in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Taking Advantage of the 2003 U.S.-Led Invasion
Since the U.S. led invasions of Iraq in 2003, outstanding issues between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal Government of Iraq (GoI) have gone through various phases and taken different forms with critical milestones characterizing and shaping an uneasy relationship. This article argues that focusing on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)’s changing de facto powers and prerogatives vis-à-vis the federal government is central t…
Kurdistans de Facto Statehood: A New Explanatory Framework
De facto states engagement with parent states: Kurdistan’s engagement with the Iraqi Government
Despite the growing interest in the phenomenon of engagement without recognition within de facto state literature, the concept remains under-analysed. Through an analysis of Kurdistan’s engagement with the Iraqi government, this article aims to answer the following questions: What are the de facto state’s authorities’ policies of engagement with parent states? And how does internal political rivalry affect the policies of engagement with parent s…
The hybridisation of religion and nationalism in Iraqi Kurdistan: The case of Kurdish Islam
This paper asks two interlinked questions: 1) How do Kurdish Islamists navigate the dilemma of having to relate to Islamism and nationalism at the same time? 2) Why have Kurdish authorities in Iraq taken steps to centralise control over religious activities since 2014? The paper argues that nationalism and Islamism have a long history of being intertwined in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), a de facto state. Kurdish Islamists, even Salafis, mu…
Strategies to Gain International Recognition: Iraqi Kurdistan's September 2017 Referendum for Independence
Despite the growing interest in the study of de facto states, our understanding of the conditions under which these entities construct and change strategies to gain international recognition remains partial. The aim of this article is to answer the following questions: firstly, what strategies did the Kurdistan Region of Iraq adopt in its pursuit of international recognition? And secondly, what internal and external dynamics are responsible for c…
The development of Kurdistan’s de facto statehood: Kurdistan’s September 2017 referendum for independence
This research aims to analyse the drivers which informed the decision and timing of Kurdistan’s independence referendum on 25 September 2017. Here we argue that any proper examination of these drivers must begin by investigating the relationship between the fight to counter the Islamic State begun in 2014, the disputes arising as a result of Kurdistan’s presidential election issue in 2015 and the internal political rivalry exacerbated by the ques…
Unpacking the Displacement‐Migration Nexus: Evidence from Northern Iraq
Recent conflicts have increasingly produced a twofold, forced movement of people: internal displacement and forced migration. While the co‐occurrence of these phenomena is an acknowledged fact, there is not yet an understanding of their relation in terms of either the scale or the process contributing to it. This article seeks to fill this gap by questioning the relation between conflict‐induced displacement and migration in and from Iraq. The an…
The development of Kurdistan’s de facto statehood: Kurdistan’s September 2017 referendum for independence
This research aims to analyse the drivers which informed the decision and timing of Kurdistan’s independence referendum on 25 September 2017. Here we argue that any proper examination of these drivers must begin by investigating the relationship between the fight to counter the Islamic State begun in 2014, the disputes arising as a result of Kurdistan’s presidential election issue in 2015 and the internal political rivalry exacerbated by the ques…
De facto states engagement with parent states: Kurdistan’s engagement with the Iraqi Government
Despite the growing interest in the phenomenon of engagement without recognition within de facto state literature, the concept remains under-analysed. Through an analysis of Kurdistan’s engagement with the Iraqi government, this article aims to answer the following questions: What are the de facto state’s authorities’ policies of engagement with parent states? And how does internal political rivalry affect the policies of engagement with parent s…
Strategies to Gain International Recognition: Iraqi Kurdistan's September 2017 Referendum for Independence
Despite the growing interest in the study of de facto states, our understanding of the conditions under which these entities construct and change strategies to gain international recognition remains partial. The aim of this article is to answer the following questions: firstly, what strategies did the Kurdistan Region of Iraq adopt in its pursuit of international recognition? And secondly, what internal and external dynamics are responsible for c…
Fluid State-Building in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Taking Advantage of the 2003 U.S.-Led Invasion
Since the U.S. led invasions of Iraq in 2003, outstanding issues between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal Government of Iraq (GoI) have gone through various phases and taken different forms with critical milestones characterizing and shaping an uneasy relationship. This article argues that focusing on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)’s changing de facto powers and prerogatives vis-à-vis the federal government is central t…
The hybridisation of religion and nationalism in Iraqi Kurdistan: The case of Kurdish Islam
This paper asks two interlinked questions: 1) How do Kurdish Islamists navigate the dilemma of having to relate to Islamism and nationalism at the same time? 2) Why have Kurdish authorities in Iraq taken steps to centralise control over religious activities since 2014? The paper argues that nationalism and Islamism have a long history of being intertwined in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), a de facto state. Kurdish Islamists, even Salafis, mu…
Client agency in a multiple patron setting: The case of Iraqi Kurdistan
This paper delves into the dynamics of patron-client relationships within the context of Iraqi Kurdistan, examining how the Kurdish leadership navigates and manages multiple patron relationships. It also examines the 2017 referendum for independence in Kurdistan as a crisis case study, shedding light on its impact on the patron-client relationship between the U.S. and Kurdistan. Employing interviews with policymakers and researchers, complemented…
Unpacking the Displacement‐Migration Nexus: Evidence from Northern Iraq
Recent conflicts have increasingly produced a twofold, forced movement of people: internal displacement and forced migration. While the co‐occurrence of these phenomena is an acknowledged fact, there is not yet an understanding of their relation in terms of either the scale or the process contributing to it. This article seeks to fill this gap by questioning the relation between conflict‐induced displacement and migration in and from Iraq. The an…
Strategies to Gain International Recognition: Iraqi Kurdistan's September 2017 Referendum for Independence
Despite the growing interest in the study of de facto states, our understanding of the conditions under which these entities construct and change strategies to gain international recognition remains partial. The aim of this article is to answer the following questions: firstly, what strategies did the Kurdistan Region of Iraq adopt in its pursuit of international recognition? And secondly, what internal and external dynamics are responsible for c…
The development of Kurdistan’s de facto statehood: Kurdistan’s September 2017 referendum for independence
This research aims to analyse the drivers which informed the decision and timing of Kurdistan’s independence referendum on 25 September 2017. Here we argue that any proper examination of these drivers must begin by investigating the relationship between the fight to counter the Islamic State begun in 2014, the disputes arising as a result of Kurdistan’s presidential election issue in 2015 and the internal political rivalry exacerbated by the ques…
Unpacking the Displacement‐Migration Nexus: Evidence from Northern Iraq
Recent conflicts have increasingly produced a twofold, forced movement of people: internal displacement and forced migration. While the co‐occurrence of these phenomena is an acknowledged fact, there is not yet an understanding of their relation in terms of either the scale or the process contributing to it. This article seeks to fill this gap by questioning the relation between conflict‐induced displacement and migration in and from Iraq. The an…
De facto states engagement with parent states: Kurdistan’s engagement with the Iraqi Government
Despite the growing interest in the phenomenon of engagement without recognition within de facto state literature, the concept remains under-analysed. Through an analysis of Kurdistan’s engagement with the Iraqi government, this article aims to answer the following questions: What are the de facto state’s authorities’ policies of engagement with parent states? And how does internal political rivalry affect the policies of engagement with parent s…
The hybridisation of religion and nationalism in Iraqi Kurdistan: The case of Kurdish Islam
This paper asks two interlinked questions: 1) How do Kurdish Islamists navigate the dilemma of having to relate to Islamism and nationalism at the same time? 2) Why have Kurdish authorities in Iraq taken steps to centralise control over religious activities since 2014? The paper argues that nationalism and Islamism have a long history of being intertwined in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), a de facto state. Kurdish Islamists, even Salafis, mu…
Kurdistans de Facto Statehood: A New Explanatory Framework
Fluid State-Building in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Taking Advantage of the 2003 U.S.-Led Invasion
Since the U.S. led invasions of Iraq in 2003, outstanding issues between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal Government of Iraq (GoI) have gone through various phases and taken different forms with critical milestones characterizing and shaping an uneasy relationship. This article argues that focusing on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)’s changing de facto powers and prerogatives vis-à-vis the federal government is central t…
Client agency in a multiple patron setting: The case of Iraqi Kurdistan
This paper delves into the dynamics of patron-client relationships within the context of Iraqi Kurdistan, examining how the Kurdish leadership navigates and manages multiple patron relationships. It also examines the 2017 referendum for independence in Kurdistan as a crisis case study, shedding light on its impact on the patron-client relationship between the U.S. and Kurdistan. Employing interviews with policymakers and researchers, complemented…
How Power-Sharing Endures: Generational Change and Institutional Persistence in Iraq
This article examines how Iraq’s ethno-sectarian power-sharing system has continued despite significant generational change since 2003. Drawing on an online survey alongside structured group discussions and interviews in Baghdad and Erbil, it shows that three interacting mechanisms—identity reconfiguration, legitimacy erosion, and priority divergence—fragment reform coalitions and reinforce elite incentives for institutional continuity. The find…
Layers of Power‐Sharing: Intra‐Communal Power Rivalry and Its Impact on Power‐Sharing System in Iraq
What is the nature of Iraq's consociational power‐sharing system, and what mechanisms drive its operation in practice? This paper argues that Iraq's consociationalism operates through a dual‐layer structure: macro‐level inter‐communal arrangements and micro‐level intra‐communal agreements. Drawing on original interviews and focus groups with Iraqi elites and civil society representatives, the study demonstrates, through an analysis of the 2021–20…
Iraq: Armed Influence in Education and Sub-National Governance and Their Implications for Statehood
This paper examines the influence of Shia armed groups on sub-national governance structures in Iraq, focusing on the education sector in Nineveh province. Drawing on Bourdieu’s conceptualisation of the state as a field of power, the study investigates how these groups extend their influence beyond security by embedding themselves in local governance and education. Based on twenty-one interviews with educators, academics, and community representa…
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