Ilhan Niaz

Old World Empires

Cultures of Power and Governance in Eurasia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a sweeping and penetrating account of the exercise of state power in the historical heartland of civilization. It argues that the historical experience accumulated over millennia fundamentally affects the substance of governance more than constitutional pieties. Understanding this legacy is critical as the pressures on states mount in an age of interdependence where the consequences of state failure no longer remain isolated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 478
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9780415725972
• ISBN-10: 0415725976
• Artikelnr.: 39594985

Autorenporträt

Ilhan Niaz is the author of The Culture of Power and Governance of Pakistan, 1947-2008 and An Inquiry into the Culture of Power of the Subcontinent and teaches history at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Realm of Chaos: The Indian Subcontinent 2. The Dragon
and the Phoenix: The Chinese Civil Service State 3. Empires of Will: The
Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Persia 4. European Orders from the Roman Empire
to the Eurozone 5. From Sultanate to Secular State: The Rise and Fall of
the Ottomans and the Successes and Limitations of Kemalism in Modern Turkey
6. The Origins and Legacy of Russian Autocracy 7. The Emergence and Crisis
of the Japanese State of Harmony 8. The Freaks of History: The State of
Laws and Britain's Culture of Power and Governance. Conclusion.