Defining corruption in the Ottoman Empire : morality, legality, and abuse of power in premodern governance /
This text explores how premodern Ottomans characterised public office corruption and what specific transgressions they associated with this notion before the nineteenth century. It identifies articulations of self-interested abuses of power in this context and illustrates how they resonate in some w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This text explores how premodern Ottomans characterised public office corruption and what specific transgressions they associated with this notion before the nineteenth century. It identifies articulations of self-interested abuses of power in this context and illustrates how they resonate in some ways with modern perspectives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198916246 0198916248 9780198916239 019891623X 0198916221 9780198916222 |