Nineteenth Century Local Governance in Ottoman Bulgaria : : Politics in Provincial Councils / / M. Safa Saracoglu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Saracoglu, M. Safa,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations maps, graphs, charts and photographs

A comprehensive history of the provincial administrative and judiciary structure in Ottoman-governed BulgariaDraws on provincial documents from Bulgarian archives to reveal a well-connected provincial political and economic environment in which the local elite played important roles alongside state officials.Provides a comprehensive discussion of the provincial bureaucratic and judiciary structure in Ottoman Balkans in the 19th century.Explains the investment of the local elite in the 19th century transformation of the Ottoman Empire.Provides an account of the main political structures in a key Bulgarian province at the eve of Bulgarian independence and in the midst of significant demographic movements involving the Turks, Bulgarians and the Adyghe people (Circassians).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. Combining a wealth of primary documents in both Bulgarian and Ottoman Turkish, this is the first systematic and comprehensive study of the connection between imperially-designed institutions and local politics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps, Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Maps -- 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 -- Select Bibliography -- Index