Economic Crisis, Elite Conflict and Institutional Change in Empires

Tolga Demiryol

ISBN 10: 3631896182 / ISBN 13: 9783631896181

Edité par Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2023, 2023

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Neuware -The Ottoman and Habsburg Empires both faced the 'general crisis' of the 17th century. Yet they responded to the crisis very differently. The Habsburgs centralized fiscal structures, which would facilitate economic development in the 19th century. The Ottomans, which initially had more centralized tax collection, opted for decentralization, paving the way for economic peripheralization. To account for this puzzle, this book offers a political-economic theory of institutional change that focuses on the structure and intensity of elite conflict over the distribution of resources. Using the comparative-historical method, the book demonstrates that high levels of conflict generated political incentives for centralization, and where such incentives were lacking, decentralization followed.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 236 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Economic Crisis, Elite Conflict and Institutional Change in Empires
• Éditeur: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2023
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3631896182
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783631896181
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 216 L x 153 H x 18 P (en millimètres) 216 millimètres de largeur par 153 millimètres de hauteur par 18 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 423 grammes

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Synopsis

The book offers an innovative theory of institutional change. The empirical analysis is based on the comparison of two critical cases, the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires. The main finding is that the variation in long-term institutional outcomes in these two cases can be explained by the differences in the structure and intensity of elite conflict.

À propos de l?auteur

Tolga Demiryol is a political scientist at Altınbaş University, Istanbul, Turkey. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His research interests include international political economy, economic interdependence, and the political economy of development.