1st Edition

Social Power and the Turkish State

By Tim Jacoby Copyright 2004
244 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This book focuses on the historical sociology of the Turkish state, seeking to compare the development of the Ottoman/Turkish state with similar processes of large scale historical change in Europe identified by Michael Mann in The Sources of Social Power . Jacoby traces the contours of Turkey's 'modernisation' with the intention of formulating a fresh way to approach state development in... Read more
Introduction 1 Social Power and Historical Sociology 2 The Politics of Empire 3 The Ideology of Modernism 4 The Economics of Liberalisation 5 The Military/Industrial Complex. Conclusion

Biography

Tim Jacoby completed his doctorate and an Economic and Social Research Council post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Politics at the University of York, UK. He now teaches at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, UK.