Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword : Youth in the Kurdistan region and their past and present roles / Karwan Jamal Tahir -- Kurdish youth as agents of change : political participation, looming challenges, and future predictions / Shivan Fazil and Bahar Baser -- Youth political participation and prospects for democratic reform in Iraqi Kurdistan / Munir H. Mohammad -- Social media, youth organization, and public order in the Kurdistan region of Iraq / Megan Connelly -- Constructing their own liberation : youth's reimagining of gender and queer sexuality in Iraqi Kurdistan / Hawzhin Azeez -- Kurdish youth and civic culture : support of democracy among Kurdish and non-Kurdish youth in Iraq / Dastan Jasim -- Youth and nationalism in the Kurdistan region of Iraq / Sofia Barbarani -- Elitist interpretation of KRG governance : how self-serving Kurdish elites govern under the guise of democracy and the subsequent implications for representation and change / Bamo Nouri -- Educational policy in the Kurdistan region : a critical democratic response / Abdurrahman Ahmad Wahab -- Making heaven in a shithole : changing political engagement in the aftermath of the Islamic State / Lana Askari -- Kurdish youth and religious identity / between religious and national tensions / Ibrahim Sadiq -- Youth radicalization in Kurdistan : the government response / Kamaran Palani.