Alien Rule in the Longue Durée
A Response to Coakley, Roeder and Roshwald
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12891790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Hechter (0000-0003-2845-8147, Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 419-423 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449057.2010.508662 |
| OpenAlex | W2025712315 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgements The author is grateful to Allison Demeritt for comments on an earlier draft. Notes This means that the degree of partial alien rule must always be determined empirically, not merely read off from some legal document. I say ‘may’ for two different reasons. In the first place, the mixing of peoples can also lead to heightened nationalism, as much current Western European politics reveals. In the second place, the success of alien rulers depends on their performance, and ultimately on their incentives to govern well (Hechter, 2009 Hechter, M. 2009. Alien rule and its discontents. American Behavioral Scientist, 53: 289–310. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). In many cases, the appropriate incentives are either absent or too weak to motivate the production of fair and effective rule. But sometimes even ventures that were nakedly carried out for the exclusive benefit of the colonial powers produced notable public goods for colonial subjects as a by-product. Thus, when the Americans took control of the Isthmus of Panama (establishing the Isthmian Command Commission, or ICC) to build the Canal, they discovered that tropical diseases were killing off the labor force at an alarming rate. To address this problem, the ICC assumed total control of all public health matters in the Canal Zone. As a result, major progress towards the eradication of malaria and other tropical diseases occurred (Stern, 2005 Stern, A. M. 2005. The public health service in the Panama Canal: a forgotten chapter of US public health. Public Health Reports, 120: 675–679. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). The British colonial authorities also provided public health to their subjects in an effort to legitimize their rule (Manderson, 1987 Manderson, L. 1987. Health services and the legitimation of the colonial state: British Malaya 1786–1941. International Journal of Health Services, 17: 91–112. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). I am indebted to Elizabeth Haraldsdottir-Thomas for these examples
Alien · Citizenship · Colonialism · Economics · Incentive · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Public trust · Stern · Community Health and Development · History · Law · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Zoonotic diseases and public health
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