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This book is a comparative study of the Ottoman Empire's organization and longevity, comparing it to other empires with similar characteristics. The author examines key moments in the Ottoman Empire's history, such as its emergence, institutionalization, and transition to a nation-state, and how it managed these moments and adapted to changes. The book also discusses the empire's techniques for maintaining legitimacy, cooperation among diverse elites, control over resources, and its unique form of governance. The author's analysis sheds light on topics such as imperial institutions, diversity, dissent, and state-society negotiations.
This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity that assesses Ottoman successes as well as failures against those of other empires with similar characteristics. Barkey examines the Ottoman Empire's social organization and mechanisms of rule at key moments of its history, emergence, imperial institutionalization, remodeling, and transition to nation-state, revealing how the empire managed these moments, adapted, and averted crises and what changes made it transform dramatically. The flexible techniques by which the Ottomans maintained their legitimacy, the cooperation of their diverse elites both at the center and in the provinces, as well as their control over economic and human resources were responsible for the longevity of this particular "negotiated empire." Her analysis illuminates topics that include imperial governance, imperial institutions, imperial diversity and multiculturalism, the manner in which dissent is handled and/or internalized, and the nature of state society negotiations.
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