Political initiatives 'from the bottom up' in the Ottoman Empire
Subtitle: Halcyon Days in Crete VII, a symposium held in Rethymno 9-11 January 2009
By: edited by Antonis Anastasopoulos
Contributors: Anastasopoulos, Antonis; Institouto Mesogeiakōn Spoudōn (Rethymnon, Greece); Hidryma Technologias kai Ereunas (Greece)
Publisher: Crete University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Rethymno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9789605243524
Subjects: Politics and government; Congresses; Political science; History; Conference proceedings; Political rights; Political participation
Other titles: Halcyon Days in Crete VII
Description: Were there political initiatives "from the bottom up" in an empire where the sultan ruled over his "flock" (reaya) rather than governing citizens with formal civil and political rights in the modern sense of these terms? Taking as its point of departure the title of the ground-breaking article of 1986 by Suraiya Faroqhi, the aim of the 7th Halcyon Days in Crete Symposium, held in 2009, was to explore the nature and forms of political participation in the Ottoman Empire with an emphasis on a "bottom-up" direction. The result of this project is the 19 papers in this volume, which deal with the matter from various angles and perspectives, thus encouraging the reader to reflect on the meaning and uses of three key concepts: "political", "initiative", and "bottom up", all in the context of the Ottoman Empire, its institutions and society. -- Publisher.
Notes: At head of title: Foundation for Research & Technology--Hellas, Institute for Mediterranean Studies.

Includes bibliographical references.