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CONTESTED SOVEREIGNTIES
GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES |
| By: |
Elisabeth Ozdalga, Sune Persson |
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Paperback |
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£24.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9197881309 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789197881302 |
| Publisher: |
SWEDISH RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN ISTANBUL |
| Pub. date: |
30 May, 2010 |
| Pages: |
234 |
| Description: |
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire resulted in the birth of new nation states in the Balkans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title explores the effects of the Ottoman reform era upon Balkan societies in order to shed light on the history of this region during the early nation-state period. |
| Synopsis: |
The relationship between constitutional arrangements and democratic developments has long been a topic of debate among political scientists and jurists. This new book explores these questions with special reference to the Middle East, where political instability and problems related to the consolidation of nation states are particularly acute. Taking the political crisis over the presidential election in Turkey in 2007 as its starting point, the book provides in depth analysis of how these events illustrated the ways in which the constitution and its supporting institutions could be mobilized for narrow and highly controversial political purposes. Questions of state sovereignty are then explored in the cases of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco, contrasting them with European examples such as Sweden's constitutional arrangement in relation to its monarchy, and the European Union's current constitutional transformation. This is an important book for students and scholars interested in contemporary and historical perspectives on issues of nation building, state sovereignty and democracy in Europe and the Middle East. |
| Illustrations: |
4 figures & 2 tables |
| Publication: |
Turkey |
| Imprint: |
Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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