E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten
Findley Ottoman Civil Officialdom
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-6011-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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A Social History
E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Studies on the Near East
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6011-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
In this sequel to his highly acclaimed Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire, Carter Findley shifts focus from the organizational aspects of administrative reform and development to the officials themselves. A study in social history and its cultural and economic ramifications, Findley's new book critically reassesses Ottoman accomplishments and failures in turning an archaic scribal corps into an effective civil service.
Combining scrutiny of well-documented individuals with analyses of large groups of officials, Findley considers how much the development of civil officialdom benefited Ottoman efforts to revitalize the state and protect its interests in an increasingly competitive world. Did reformers' initiatives in elite formation significantly broaden the social bases of officialdom and its capacity to represent Ottoman society? Did prospective officials profit from educational reform so as to achieve higher levels of qualification over the generations? How did cultural tensions of the reform era affect civil officials? To what extent did impersonal procedure and new ideas of professionalism supplant patronage and old scribal role concepts? How well did the state succeed in rewarding good service and protecting its officials against shifting economic conditions? The answers to such questions illuminate major issues of social integration and cultural change and clarify links between economic conditions and changing forms of political activism.
Originally published in 1989.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
List of Illustrations, pg. xi
List of Tables, pg. xiii
List of Figures, pg. xv
Preface, pg. xvii
Acknowledgments, pg. xix
LIST OF SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xxiii
I. Introduction, pg. 3
II. The Scribal Service on the Eve of Reform, pg. 40
III. Social Origins of the Civil Officials, pg. 87
IV. Education, pg. 131
V. Intellectual Orientations, pg. 174
VI. Career Patterns: Office Environment, Procedure, Sense of Professionalism, pg. 211
VII. Career Patterns: Patronage and Promotion, pg. 254
VIII. Salaries and Living Standards, pg. 293
IX. Conclusion: A Gallery of Portraits in Retrospect, pg. 334
APPENDIX A. The Foreign Ministry Personnel Records: Sources, Methods, and Problems of Analysis, pg. 343
APPENDIX B. The Commodity Price Average: Sources and Methods of Analysis, pg. 362
Bibliography, pg. 371
Index, pg. 383
