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

Includes bibliographies and index.

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. --

Intro; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Maps, Figures and Tables; 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; Select Bibliography; Index

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