Cover; Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CONSTITUTIONALISM IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; THE GLOBAL, THE REGIONAL, AND THE LOCAL; The Synchronizing Global; The Descent to the Regional; The Local as Unique; OF STATES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES; PRODUCTIVITY OF AMBIGUITY; HISTORY, CONTINGENCY, AND AGENCY; THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 1 Revolution and the Neopatrimonial State; FROM REFORM TO REVOLUTION; THE FISCAL CRISIS; THE YOUNG OTTOMANS; THE HAMIDIAN STATE; Patrimonialism, Neopatrimonialism, Rational Bureaucracy
Summary
Focusing on the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, this book considers the global diffusion of institutions and ideas
