Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Notes on the Contributors viii
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. SECTION I Histories of Empire and After
7. 2. Russian Empires 25
8. 3. The British and French Empires in the Arab World: Some Problems of Colonial State-formation and its Legacy 44
9. 4. Ottoman Legacies and Economic Sovereignty in Post-imperial Anatolia, Syria and Iraq 66
10. SECTION II Paths to Sovereignty: Views from the Core and Periphery
11. 5. Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire and After 91
12. 6. Mandated Sovereignty? The Role of International Law in the Construction of Arab Statehood during and after Empire 104
13. 7. Reluctant Sovereigns? Central Asian States’ Path to Independence 127
14. SECTION III Empire and Domestic Sovereignty
15. 8. The Middle East after Empire: Sovereignty and Institutions 157
16. 9. Sovereignty after Empire: The Colonial Roots of Central Asian Authoritarianism 178
17. SECTION IV Empire and Popular Sovereignty
18. 10. Culture, Colonialism and Sovereignty in Central Asia 199
19. 11. Culture in the Middle East: The “Western Question” and the Sovereignty of Post-imperial States in the Middle East 222
20. 12. Pathways of Islamist Mobilization against the State in the Middle East and Central Asia 242
21. SECTION V Empire and External Sovereignty
22. 13. Empire and State formation: Contrary Tangents in Jordan and Syria 263
23. 14. Rentierism, Dependency and Sovereignty in Central Asia 282
24. 15. Tajikistan: From de facto Colony to Sovereign Dependency 304
25. 16. Conclusions 326
26. Bibliography 346
27. Index 391