Alien Rule - Michael Hechter

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Résumé :
This book argues that alien rule can become legitimate to the degree that it provides governance that is both effective and fair.

Biographie:
Michael Hechter is Foundation Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. Author of Internal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in British National Development, Principles of Group Solidarity, and Containing Nationalism, he has edited five books and written numerous articles in academic journals. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, his works have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Arabic, Romanian, Hungarian, and Georgian.

Sommaire:
1. Introduction; 2. Alien rule and its discontents; 3. The failure of legitimate rule in Iraq; 4. Resistance to alien rule in Taiwan and Korea; 5. Dynamics of military occupation; 6. Academic receivership as alien rule Gail Dubrow and Debra Friedman; 7. Conclusion.