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Frontmatter
List of Illustrations
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Usage
List of Special Abbreviations
ONE. INTRODUCTION: THE SUBLIME PORTE AND THE SCRIBAL SERVICE AS ELEMENTS OF STATE AND SOCIETY
The Sublime Porte and the Scribal Service as Elements of the Imperial "Center"
The Ruling Class as an Element of the Broader Society: Problems of Social Organization
Conclusion
TWO. THE EVOLUTION OF THE RULING CLASS AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE SCRIBAL SERVICE
The Evolution of the Ruling Class in the Traditional State: A Problem in Historical Interpretation
The Evolution of the Ruling Class in the Era of Reform: Would the Scribal Service Remain Preeminent?
Conclusion: The Developmental Cycles of the Ruling Class and the Political Periods of the Nineteenth Century
THREE. THE IMPACT OF IMPERIAL DECLINE ON THE EMERGENT SCRIBAL SERVICE: THE SUBLIME PORTE AND ITS OFFICIALS ON THE EVE OF REFORM
Patterns of Organization and Procedure at the Sublime Porte on the Eve of Reform
Social Dimensions of the Late Traditional Scribal Service
Conclusion: The Efendi-Turned-Pasa in Comparative Perspective
FOUR. REASSERTION OF THE SULTANATE AND FOUNDATION OF THE CIVIL BUREAUCRACY
Contemporary Perceptions of the Need for Reform
Reform in the Traditional Scribal Offices of the Sublime Porte
The Foundation of the Foreign Ministry and the Formation of a Modernist Scribal Elite
The Later Reforms of Mahmud II: An Autocratic Sultan or a "Patriciate of the Pen"?
The Record of a Half-Century of Bureaucratic Reform: Characteristics and Limitations of Modernization in the Ottoman Empire
FIVE. THE CIVIL-BUREAUCRATIC HEGEMONY OF THE TANZIMAT
Structural Weaknesses of the Civil-Bureaucratic System of the Tanzimat
The Growth of a Bureaucracy Freed of Outside Control
Reform and Regulation of the Civil Bureaucracy
The Sociocultural Impact of the Tanzimat on the Civil Bureaucracy
Conclusion
SIX. RESTORING POLITICAL BALANCE: THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD AND RETURN TO SULTANIC DOMINANCE
Divergent Tendencies in Efforts at the Restoration of Political Balance
Organizational Development of the Sublime Porte during the First Constitutional Period and the Reign of Abd ul-Hamid
Further Steps toward Regulation and Systematization
Conclusion
SEVEN. ONCE MORE TOWARD REDEFINITION OF THE POLITICAL BALANCE
Dismantling the Hamidian System and Purging the Civil Bureaucracy
The Organizational Development of the Sublime Porte to the Beginning of World War I
Regulation in Other Fields of Policy and Procedure
Conclusion
EIGHT. ONE AND ONE-THIRD CENTURIES OF CIVIL-BUREAUCRATIC REFORM
APPENDIX. BUDGETARY "ALLOCATIONS" FOR AGENCIES OF THE SUBLIME PORTE IN SELECTED YEARS
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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