Imperial polities, intercolonialism, and the shaping of global governing norms
Public health expert networks in Asia and the League of Nations Health Organization, 1908–37
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12876386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tomoko Akami (0000-0003-1988-1795, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-25 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0228 • E-ISSN: 1740-0236 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1740022816000310 |
| OpenAlex | W2587713750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 49 |
This article stresses the role of colonial governments, not only national sovereign states, in Asia (and to a lesser extent, Africa) at the League of Nations in shaping global governing norms. It emphasizes the significance of lateral and horizontal cooperative actions across colonial governments, especially intercolonial networks of public health experts. It argues that the League of Nations Health Organization (LNHO) accepted these intercolonial practices in Asia in the 1920s, and that this led it to recognize colonial governments as formal and legitimate units in its intergovernmental conferences held in the mid 1930s. In the process, the LNHO provided an intercolonial channel for ‘national’ experts from colonial Asia to participate directly in regional and global governing norm-making processes. In turn, this highlights both the ambiguous nature of national experts and the intercolonial legacy in international health programmes in developing countries in the post-war period
Colonialism · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Internationalism (politics · League · Norm (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public health · Sociology · Sovereignty · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
Securing the World Economy
Africa as a Living Laboratory
The Gentle Civilizer of Nations
The Guardians
Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law
Back to the League of Nations
International Health Organisations and Movements, 1918–1939
International Law and Infectious Diseases
Colonizing the Body
No Enchanted Palace
The Anarchical Society
A Search for Sovereignty
Internationalizing the Pacific
Internationalizing the Pacific
Colonial co-operation and regional construction
Machines, modernity, and sugar
Britain, India, and the United Nations
The League of Nations
The transfer of European social policy concepts to tropical Africa, 1900–50
Globalizing the 1926 International Sanitary Convention
Competition and complementarity
Slavery and the League of Nations
Regional versus International
A Quest to be Global
An international anomaly? Sovereignty, the League of Nations and India's princely geographies
The Bandoeng Conference of 1937
The Anarchical Society
The League of Nations' Rescue of Armenian Genocide Survivors and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism, 1920–1927
Engineering inter-imperialism
Communication and Empire
Colonial Pathologies
Transgovernmental processes in the League of Nations
Of scales, networks and assemblages
The Many Deaths of a Kazak Unaligned
International development and the social sciences
Mandates and Empire
Technical Co-operation' Between the League of Nations and China
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |