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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Main Author: Ergene, Boğaç A. 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2024
Series:Oxford Scholarship Online
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Online Access:DE-12
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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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 320 Seiten) Diagramme
ISBN:9780198916246
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198916215.001.0001

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