Political Reform in the Ottoman and Russian Empires: A Comparative Approach (Europe’s Legacy in the Modern World)

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2017
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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.

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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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 24 Aug 2017
ISBN 10: 1474238564
ISBN 13: 9781474238564
Book Overview: Explores political, legal and economic reforms in the 19th-century Ottoman and Russian empires and their impact on Europe more broadly.

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Through a detailed and deeply theoretical investigation of nineteenth-century reform processes in the Ottoman and Russian Empires, Adrian Brisku offers a ground-breaking and thought-provoking framework for the emerging field of comparative Ottoman and Russian imperial studies. * Andrew Robarts, Assistant Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, USA *
Adrian Brisku's masterful comparison of two `peripheral' European Empires, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, during political reforms of the 19th c. produces a vivid and personalized account of two high civil servants whose attempts at establishing a nascent constitutional order were met with swift failure. Brisku's genius stroke is to make us rethink institutions, constitutions and the tension between change and stability in large, multi-ethnic polities. * Benoit Challand, Associate Professor, New School for Social Research, USA *

Author Bio

Adrian Brisku is Lecturer in history at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He is the author of Bittersweet Europe (2013).