Planting Parliaments in Eurasia, 1850–1950

Name: Planting Parliaments in Eurasia, 1850–1950
Brand: Taylor & Francis > University of Heidelberg

Taylor & Francis > University of Heidelberg

Parliaments are often seen as Western European and North American institutions and their establishment in other parts of the world as a derivative and mostly defective process. This book challenges such Eurocentric visions by retracing the evolution of modern institutions of collective decision-making in Eurasia. Breaching the divide between different area studies, the book provides nine case studies covering the area between the eastern edge of Asia and Eastern Europe, including the former Russian, Ottoman, Qing, and Japanese Empires as well as their successor states. In particular, it explores the appeals to concepts of parliamentarism, deliberative decision-making, and constitutionalism; historical practices related to parliamentarism; and political mythologies across Eurasia. It focuses on the historical and \u201Creestablished\u201D institutions of decision-making, which consciously hark back to indigenous traditions and adapt them to the changing circumstances in imperial and p.