Citizenship and the nation-state in Greece and Turkey / edited by Faruk Birtek and Thalia Dragonas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dragōna, Thaleia.

Birtek, Faruk.

Series:

Social and historical studies on Greece and Turkey.

Social and historical studies on Greece and Turkey

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Greece.

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Turkey.

Greece--Politics and government--1974-.

Greece.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 195 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Citizenship and the Nation State in Greece and Turkey brings together papers on a transdisciplinary dialogue on nation formation in Greece and Turkey as successor states of the Ottoman Empire, and on aspects of civil society in the two countries.The volume is divided into two parts: 'Empire and Nation-State' and 'Nation and Civil Society' and covers issues such as Turkish and Greek nationalism, the formation of the Greek State, the impact of the Greek War of Independence in transforming the Ottoman Empire, civil society in Greece during the post-World War II period, the concep

Contents:

Cover; Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction; PART I Empire and nation-state; 1 A history and geography of Turkish nationalism; 2 The formation of the state in Greece, 1830-1914; 3 Greek bull in the China shop of Ottoman 'Grand Illusion': Greece in the making of modern Turkey; 4 Nation and People: the plasticity of a relationship; 5 'Do not think of the Greeks as agricultural labourers': Ottoman responses to the Greek War of Independence; PART II Nation and civil society

6 Civil society and citizenship in post-war Greece; 7 Women's challenge to citizenship in Turkey; 8 Between duties and rights: gender and citizenship in Greece, 1864-1952; 9 Citizenship in context: rethinking women's relationships to the law in Turkey; 10 Greek and Turkish students' views on history, the nation and democracy; Speculative thoughts on nations and nationalism with special reference to Turkey and Greece; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-134-27710-5

1-280-17460-9

0-203-31146-9

OCLC:

317616120