Sovereignty after empire : comparing the Middle East and Central Asia

Label

Sovereignty after empire : comparing the Middle East and Central Asia

Title remainder

comparing the Middle East and Central Asia

Statement of responsibility

edited by Sally N. Cummings and Raymond Hinnebusch

Contributor

• Hinnebusch, Raymond A.
• Cummings, Sally N.

Editor

• Hinnebusch, Raymond A.
• Cummings, Sally N.

Subject

• Cross-cultural studies
• Postcolonialism -- Cross-cultural studies
• Electronic books
• Asia, Central -- Politics and government
• Electronic books
• Middle East -- Colonial influence
• Sovereignty -- Cross-cultural studies
• Middle East -- Politics and government
• Asia, Central -- Colonial influence

Genre

• Cross-cultural studies

Language

eng

Summary

"A comparative study of empire in the Middle East and Central Asia. Empire matters for post-imperial outcomes, as is shown in this comparative study. The imperial creation of states in MENA and Central Asia explains several similarities in both regions' successor states. Differences in imperial heritages also partly account for the greater instability of the MENA states system and their lesser legitimacy. While eventually the imperial relation to an external metropole came to an end, the social patterns and institutional practices forged in these relationships remained; some only as traces, but others that endured in the transformation of empire into something else, a national sovereignty which should be seen as more than 'neo-colonialism' but less than 'total independence'. This challenges the view of an automatic linear progression from empire to sovereignty and indeed, suggests the two conditions can and do co-exist. Key Features *Combines theory and empirical evidence *Makes systematic comparisons between the Middle East and Central Asia *Includes chapters from leading scholars from history, politics and international relations *Presents the findings of a focused collective research project."--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

EBLCP

Dewey number

320.150956

Index

index present

LC call number

DS62.2

LC item number

.S345 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography