Bureaucratic Reform In The Ottoman Empire

Author : Carter Vaughn Findley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400820092

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Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire by Carter Vaughn Findley Pdf

From the author's preface: Sublime Porte--there must be few terms more redolent, even today, of the fascination that the Islamic Middle East has long exercised over Western imaginations. Yet there must also be few Western minds that now know what this term refers to, or why it has any claim to attention. One present-day Middle East expert admits to having long interpreted the expression as a reference to Istambul's splendid natural harbor. This individual is probably not unique and could perhaps claim to be relatively well informed. When the Sublime Porte still existed, Westerners who spent time in Istanbul knew the term as a designation for the Ottoman government, but few knew why the name was used, or what aspect of the Ottoman government it properly designated. What was the real Sublime Porte? Was it an organization? A building? No more, literally, than a door or gateway? What about it was important enough to cause the name to be remembered? In one sense, the purpose of this book is to answer these questions. Of course, it will also do much more and will, in the process, move quickly onto a plane quite different from the exoticism just invoked. For to study the bureaucratic complex properly known as the Sublime Porte, and to analyze its evolution and that of the body of men who staffed it, is to explore a problem of tremendous significance for the development of the administrative institutions of the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic lands in general, and in some senses the entire non-Westerrn world.

Author : Carter V. Findley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Bureaucracy
ISBN : 0783702329

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Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire by Carter V. Findley Pdf

Author : Carter Vaughn Findley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400860111

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Ottoman Civil Officialdom by Carter Vaughn Findley Pdf

In this sequel to his highly acclaimed Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire, Carter Findley shifts focus from the organizational aspects of administrative reform and development to the officials themselves. A study in social history and its cultural and economic ramifications, Findley's new book critically reassesses Ottoman accomplishments and failures in turning an archaic scribal corps into an effective civil service. Combining scrutiny of well-documented individuals with analyses of large groups of officials, Findley considers how much the development of civil officialdom benefited Ottoman efforts to revitalize the state and protect its interests in an increasingly competitive world. Did reformers' initiatives in elite formation significantly broaden the social bases of officialdom and its capacity to represent Ottoman society? Did prospective officials profit from educational reform so as to achieve higher levels of qualification over the generations? How did cultural tensions of the reform era affect civil officials? To what extent did impersonal procedure and new ideas of professionalism supplant patronage and old scribal role concepts? How well did the state succeed in rewarding good service and protecting its officials against shifting economic conditions? The answers to such questions illuminate major issues of social integration and cultural change and clarify links between economic conditions and changing forms of political activism. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Adrian Brisku
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474238533

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Political Reform in the Ottoman and Russian Empires by Adrian Brisku Pdf

Throughout the 'long 19th century', the Ottoman and Russian empires shared a goal of destroying one another. Yet, they also shared a similar vision for imperial state renewal, with the goal of avoiding revolution, decline and isolation within Europe. Adrian Brisku explores how this path of renewal and reform manifested itself: forging new laws and institutions, opening up the economy to the outside world, and entering the European political community of imperial states. Political Reform in the Ottoman and Russian Empires tackles the dilemma faced by both empires, namely how to bring about meaningful change without undermining the legal, political and economic status quo. The book offers a unique comparison of Ottoman and Russian politics of reform and their connection to the wider European politico-economic space.

Author : Peter Crooks,Timothy H. Parsons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107166035

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Empires and Bureaucracy in World History by Peter Crooks,Timothy H. Parsons Pdf

A comparative study of the power and limits of bureaucracy in historical empires from ancient Rome to the twentieth century.

Author : Moulavi Cherágh Ali
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Islam
ISBN : WISC:89057097362

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The Proposed Political, Legal and Social Reforms in the Ottoman Empire and Other Mohammadan States by Moulavi Cherágh Ali Pdf

Ex. PKF 1073: Met handgeschreven opdracht.

Author : Gregory Brew
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781535866194

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Tanzimat Reforms and Modernization in the Ottoman Empire by Gregory Brew Pdf

Gale Researcher Guide for: Tanzimat Reforms and Modernization in the Ottoman Empire is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

Author : Selçuk Aksin Somel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004492318

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The Modernization of Public Education in the Ottoman Empire 1839-1908 by Selçuk Aksin Somel Pdf

The aim of the Ottoman educational reforms was to raise a class of educated bureaucrats as a means of administrative centralization, and a design to inculcate authoritarian and religious values among the population for the legitimization of state authority. This study, which deals with the modernization of Ottoman public education during the period of reform, is based on sources such as Ottoman archives, published documents, textbooks, and memoirs. It discusses the main factors that led to Ottoman educational reforms. The topics in this volume include the expansion of provincial education, financial policies, curricular issues, the educational ideology of the Tanzimat (1839-1876) and the Hamidian periods (1878-1908), ethnic groups in the Balkans, Anatolia and Arabia, and the process of socialization. The book particularly addresses those readers interested in the educational, social and administrative history of the late Ottoman period.

Author : Kent F. Schull
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748677696

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Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire by Kent F. Schull Pdf

Contrary to the stereotypical images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual abuse traditionally associated with Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons, Kent Schull argues that, during the Second Constitutional Period (1908-1918), they played a crucial role in attempts to transform the empire.

Author : Yonca Köksal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429812514

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The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era by Yonca Köksal Pdf

The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era generates a new history of the Ottoman Empire’s Tanzimat reforms in the provinces of Edirne and Ankara. It studies variation across the two provinces and the crucial role of local intermediaries such as notables, tribal leaders, and merchants. The book provides insights into how states and societies transform each other in the most difficult of times using qualitative and quantitative social network analysis and deep research in the Ottoman and British archives to understand the Tanzimat as a process of negotiation and transformation between the state and local actors. The author argues that the same reform policies produced different results in Edirne and Ankara. The book explains how factors such as socioeconomic conditions and historical developments played a role in shaping local networks. The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era invites readers to rethink taken-for-granted concepts such as centralization, decentralization, state control, and imperial decay. It will be of interest to scholars and students interested in Middle Eastern and Balkan studies, and historical and political sociology.

Author : M. Şükrü Hanioğlu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691146171

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A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu Pdf

At the turn of the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire straddled three continents and encompassed extraordinary ethnic and cultural diversity among the millions of people living within its borders. This text provides a concise history of the late empire between 1789 and 1918, turbulent years marked by incredible social change.

Author : Stefano Taglia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317578628

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Intellectuals and Reform in the Ottoman Empire by Stefano Taglia Pdf

This book uncovers Young Turk political and social ideas at the end of the nineteenth century, during the intellectual phase of the movement. Analysing the life in exile of two of the most charismatic leaders of the Young Turk movement, Ahmed Rıza and Mehmet Sabahattin, the book unravels their plans for the future of the Ottoman Empire, covering issues of power, religion, citizenship, minority rights, the role of the West, and the accountability of the Sultan. The book follows Rıza and Sabahattin through their association with philosophical circles, and highlights how their emphasis on intellectualism and elitism had a twofold effect. On the one hand, seeing themselves as enlightened and entrusted with a mission, they engaged in enduring debates, leaving an important legacy for both Ottoman and Republican rule. On the other hand, the rigidity resulting from elitism and intellectualism prevented the conception of concrete plans for change, causing a schism at the 1902 Congress of Ottoman Liberals and marking the end of the intellectual phase. Using bilingual period journals, contemporary accounts, police archives and political and philosophical treaties, this book is of interest to students, scholars and researchers of Middle East and Ottoman History, and Political Science more broadly.

Author : Nader Sohrabi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139504058

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Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran by Nader Sohrabi Pdf

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.

Author : Murat R. Şiviloğlu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107190924

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The Emergence of Public Opinion by Murat R. Şiviloğlu Pdf

Charts the Ottoman Empire's unique path to creating a realm of social life in which public opinion could be formed.

Author : Marian Kent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135777999

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The Great Powers and the End of the Ottoman Empire by Marian Kent Pdf

How far was the end of the Ottoman Empire the result of Great Power imperialism and how far the result of structural weaknesses within the Empire itself? These studies of the foreign policy of each of the Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire examine these fundamental issues.