TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Life and labor on the internal colonial edge: Political economy of kolberi in Rojhelat
JO  - British journal of sociology
A1  - Soleimani, Kamal
A1  - Mohammadpour, Ahmad
SP  - 741
EP  - 760
VL  - 71
IS  - 4
N2  - Through the investigation of kolberi (cross-border labor), this paper sheds light on the state?s policy of de-development (or internal colonialization) of the Kurdish region (known as Rojhelat) in Iran. While the most dangerous form of labor, kolberi has become a dominant employment opportunity for Rojhelat Kurds in the last decade. There are no Iranian state laws criminalizing kolberi, and yet those laborers die on a regular basis?being shot or thrown off mountain cliffs by the state forces, stepping into minefields, and so forth. Nevertheless, there is not a single scholarly paper on this subject. Using the mixed methods research approach, our study analyzes the existing data along with in-depth interviews with 20 people who are currently engaged in kolberi to contextualize this understudied phenomenon. Our finding demonstrates that kolberi is a direct outcome of a uni-ethno-religious policies of development and part and parcel of the state's Perso-Shi?ification strategy in Kurdistan. Therefore, kolberi is more of a political phenomenon than an economic one.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12745
ID  - ref1
ER  -