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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sohrabi, Nader, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Turkey.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional history--Iran.

Revolutions--Turkey--History--20th century.

Revolutions.

Revolutions--Iran--History--20th century.

Comparative government.

Turkey--Politics and government--1878-1909.

Turkey.

Turkey--Politics and government--1909-1918.

Iran--Politics and government--1905-1911.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 447 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Revolution & Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire & Iran

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his book on constitutional revolutions in the Ottoman Empire and Iran in the early twentieth century, Nader Sohrabi considers the 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 the 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.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22373-3

1-139-20913-2

1-280-48481-0

1-139-22185-X

9786613579799

1-139-21703-8

1-139-21396-2

1-139-22356-9

1-139-22013-6

0-511-97719-0

OCLC:

775869732