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Ottomans into Europeans: State and Institution-building in South-Eastern Europe
Wim P. Van Meurs
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Description for Ottomans into Europeans: State and Institution-building in South-Eastern Europe
Hardback. Presents a history of the political institutions of the Balkans: bureaucracies, judiciaries, democratic elections, free media, local and central government - and their frequently strained relations with traditional institutions. This title also examines the selection, evolution, and performance of institutions in the post-Ottoman Balkans. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
While many histories of the Balkans have been published, some very good and others poor, there is as yet no history of institutions in the Balkans. This is what the contributors to "Ottomans into European" offer the reader: a history of the most salient political institutions of the region: bureaucracies, judiciaries, democratic elections, free media, local and central government - and their frequently strained relations with traditional institutions. They also examine the selection, evolution, and performance of institutions in the post-Ottoman Balkans, and try to account for variations throughout the region. In writing this institutional history of the Balkans the ... Read more
While many histories of the Balkans have been published, some very good and others poor, there is as yet no history of institutions in the Balkans. This is what the contributors to "Ottomans into European" offer the reader: a history of the most salient political institutions of the region: bureaucracies, judiciaries, democratic elections, free media, local and central government - and their frequently strained relations with traditional institutions. They also examine the selection, evolution, and performance of institutions in the post-Ottoman Balkans, and try to account for variations throughout the region. In writing this institutional history of the Balkans the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849040563
SKU
V9781849040563
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About Wim P. Van Meurs
DR WIM VAN MEURS has been Associate Professor of European History and Politics in the Political History Department at Radboud University Nijmegen since September 2004. DR ALINA MUNGIU-PIPPIDI is Professor of Political Science and Chair of Democracy Studies at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. She was a Shorenstein Fellow of Harvard University (1997- 1998), a Fulbright Fellow at ... Read more
Reviews for Ottomans into Europeans: State and Institution-building in South-Eastern Europe
'An extremely important contribution to the scholarly literature on the Balkans. ... By exploring the original transition in the Balkans - from the Ottoman Empire to Europe - it will also be relevant to those working on the current transition in the region from communism to liberal-democracy and the EU.'
Dr Dejan Djokic, University of London
'For anyone ... Read more
Dr Dejan Djokic, University of London
'For anyone ... Read more