Nineteenth-Century Local Governance in Ottoman Bulgaria: Politics in Provincial Councils

ISBN-13: 9781474430999 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 224 str.

Safa Saracoglu

Opis

This book provides a detailed exploration of the way in which administrative and judicial offices and practices provided an essential space for politics in 19th-century Bulgaria, securing local inhabitants' participation with Ottoman imperial governance.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Contextualising the Nineteenth Century; 3. Sitting Together: Local Councils and the Politics of Election in the County of Vidin; 4. Once Inside the Chamber: Participation in the Politics of Local Administration; 5. Writing Politics: Ottoman Governmentality and the Language of Reports; 6. 'Cattle Thieves': Refugee Settlement, Ottoman Governmentality and Biopolitics; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography.