Peter Haldén

Family Power

Kinship, War and Political Orders in Eurasia, 500-2018

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explains why successful states and empires have developed by fostering collaboration between families and dynasties, and the state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781108495929
• ISBN-10: 1108495923
• Artikelnr.: 58306851

Autorenporträt

Peter Haldén is Associate Professor in the Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction
2.How Social Science Separated Families from Political Order
3.Formless Kinship in Formless Kingdoms. Europe c.500-c.1000
4.Consolidating Dynasties and Realms. Europe c.1000-c.1500
5.Strong Aristocracies in Strong States. Europe c.1500-c.1800
6.The Revival and Sudden Death of Political Kinship. Europe c.1800-1918
7.The Arab Empires 632-c.900
8.Sacred Yet Supple. Kinship and Politics in Turkic-Mongol Empires c.900-c.1300
9.The Ubiquitous and Opaque Elites of the Ottoman Empire c.1300-c.1830
10.Clans and Dynasties in the Modern Middle East: Somalia and Saudi Arabia
11.Conclusions: Implications For State Theory, Power and Modernity
Bibliography
Index.