Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgments

pp vii-vii

Notes on the Contributors

pp viii-xii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-22

SECTION I - Histories of Empire and After

pp 23-24

2 - Russian Empires

pp 25-43

3 - The British and French Empires in the Arab World: Some Problems of Colonial State-formation and its Legacy

pp 44-65

4 - Ottoman Legacies and Economic Sovereignty in Post-imperial Anatolia, Syria and Iraq

pp 66-88

SECTION II - Paths to Sovereignty: Views from the Core and Periphery

pp 89-90

5 - Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire and After

pp 91-103

6 - Mandated Sovereignty? The Role of International Law in the Construction of Arab Statehood during and after Empire

pp 104-126

7 - Reluctant Sovereigns? Central Asian States' Path to Independence

pp 127-154

SECTION III - Empire and Domestic Sovereignty

pp 155-156

8 - The Middle East after Empire: Sovereignty and Institutions

pp 157-177

9 - Sovereignty after Empire: The Colonial Roots of Central Asian Authoritarianism

pp 178-196

SECTION IV - Empire and Popular Sovereignty

pp 197-198

10 - Culture, Colonialism and Sovereignty in Central Asia

pp 199-221

11 - Culture in the Middle East: The “Western Question” and the Sovereignty of Post-imperial States in the Middle East

pp 222-241

12 - Pathways of Islamist Mobilization against the State in the Middle East and Central Asia

pp 242-260

SECTION V - Empire and External Sovereignty

pp 261-262

13 - Empire and State formation: Contrary Tangents in Jordan and Syria

pp 263-281

14 - Rentierism, Dependency and Sovereignty in Central Asia

pp 282-303

15 - Tajikistan: From de facto Colony to Sovereign Dependency

pp 304-325

16 - Conclusions

pp 326-345

Bibliography

pp 346-390

Index

pp 391-396