Title Revolution and constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran / Nader Sohrabi

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 447 pages) Contents The Ottoman Empire -- Revolution and the Neopatrimonial State -- The Young Turk Revolution and the Global Wave -- Constitutional and Extra-constitutional Struggles -- The Staff Policies and the Purges -- Counterrevolution and Its Aftermath -- Iran -- Reform and Patrimonialism in Comparative Perspective -- The Less Likely Revolution: The Constitutional Revolution of 1906 in Iran in Light of the Young Turks Summary "In his book on two constitutional revolutions in the Middle East in the early twentieth century, Nader Sohrabi considers global diffusion of institutions and ideas, their regional and local reworking, and the long-term consequences of adaptations. He delves into historic reasons for greater resilience of democratic institutions in Turkey as compared to Iran. Arguing that revolutions are time-bound phenomena whose forms follow global models in vogue at particular historical junctures, he challenges the ahistoric and purely local understanding of them. Furthermore, he argues that macro-structural preconditions alone cannot explain the occurrence of revolutions, but global waves, contingent events, and intervention of agency work together to bring them about in competition with other possible outcomes. To establish these points, the book draws on a wide array of archival and primary sources that afford a minute look at revolutions, unfolding; these are examined against the backdrop of the differing institutional settings and middle classes in the Ottoman Empire and Iran and their similarly financially strapped states that faced strong geo-political challenges"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Constitutional history -- Turkey Constitutional history -- Iran Revolutions -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century Revolutions -- Iran -- History -- 20th century Comparative government. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory. Comparative government Constitutional history Politics and government Revolutions Politisches System SUBJECT Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1878-1909. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138845 Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1909-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138846 Iran -- Politics and government -- 1905-1911. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005000653 Subject Iran Turkey Iran. Osmanisches Reich. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139223560 1139223569 0511977190 9780511977190 1107223733 9781107223738 1139209132 9781139209137 1280484810 9781280484810 9786613579799 6613579793 1139217038 9781139217033 1139213962 9781139213967 1139220136 9781139220132

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