Screen LibraryRevolution and constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran /
"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 re...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, [U.K.] ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| 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-struct |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 447 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-441) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780521198295 0521198291 |
| Index Number: | JQ1805 |
| CLC: |
D937.39 K374.4 K373.4 D937.49 |
| Call Number: | D937.49/S682 |