Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran

Informationen zum Autor Nader Sohrabi is an Associate Research Scholar at the Middle East Institute, Columbia University. He has taught Middle East History and Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Iowa, Columbia University and New York University. Klappentext This is an analysis of the constitutional revolutions in the Ottoman Empire and Iran in the early twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This analysis of the constitutional revolutions in the Ottoman Empire and Iran in the early twentieth century considers global diffusion of institutions and ideas! their regional and local reworking and the historic reasons for greater resilience of democratic institutions in Turkey as compared to Iran. Finally! the book makes a distinction between the form and content of revolutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The state of revolution; 3. The Young Turk Revolution and the global wave; 4. Constitutional struggles and struggle for the constitution; 5. Government within the government: the purges; 6. Counterrevolution; 7. Iran: reform and patrimonialism in comparative perspective; 8. The unlikely revolution: the constitutional revolution of 1906 in Iran in light of the Young Turks; 9. Concluding remarks.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nader Sohrabi, Nader (Professor Sohrabi, Sohrabi Nader
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.06.2014
• EAN: 9781107458901
• ISBN: 978-1-107-45890-1
• Pagine: 458
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Iran, Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Middle Eastern history, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions