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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04254-4 - Alien Rule Michael Hechter Frontmatter More information Alien Rule This book argues that alien rule can become legitimate to the extent that it provides governance that is both effective and fair. Governance is effective to the degree that citizens have access to an expanding econ- omy and an ample supply of culturally appropriate collective goods. Governance is fair to the degree that rulers act according to the stric- tures of procedural justice. These twin conditions help account for the legitimation of alien rulers in organizations of markedly different scales. The book applies these principles to the legitimation of alien rul- ers in states (the Republic of Genoa, nineteenth- and twentieth-c entury China, and modern Iraq), colonies (Taiwan and Korea under Japanese rule), and occupation regimes, as well as in less encompassing organiza- tions such as universities (academic receivership), corporations (merg- ers and acquisitions), and stepfamilies. Finally, it speculates about the possibility of an international market in governance services. Michael Hechter is Foundation Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. Author of I nternal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in British National Development , Principles of Group Solidarity , and Containing Nationalism , he has edited fi ve 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. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04254-4 - Alien Rule Michael Hechter Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04254-4 - Alien Rule Michael Hechter Frontmatter More information Cambridge Studies in Comparative P olitics General Editor Margaret Levi University of Washington, Seattle Assistant General Editors Kathleen Thelen Massachusetts Institute of Technology Erik Wibbels Duke University Associate Editors Robert H. Bates Harvard University Gary Cox Stanford University Stephen Hanson The College of William and Mary Torben Iversen Harvard University Stathis Kalyvas Yale University Peter Lange Duke University Helen Milner Princeton University Frances Rosenbluth Yale University Susan Stokes Yale University Sidney Tarrow Cornell University Other Books in the Series Ben W. Ansell , From the Ballot to the Blackboard: The Redistributive Political Economy of Education Leonardo R. Arriola , Multi-E thnic Coalitions in Africa: Business Financing of Opposition Election Campaigns David Austen-S mith , Jeffry A. Frieden , Miriam A. 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It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: w ww.cambridge.org/9781107617148 © Michael Hechter 2 013 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2 013 Printed in the United States of America A catalog record for this publication is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data Hechter, Michael. Alien rule / Michael Hechter. pages cm. (Cambridge studies in comparative politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-107-04254-4 (hardback) – ISBN 978-1-107-61714-8 (paperback) 1. Legitimacy of governments – Case studies. 2. Sovereignty – Case studies. 3. Military occupation – Case studies. 4. Imperialism – Case studies. I. Title. JC497.H43 2013 325′.3–dc23 2013014271 ISBN 978- 1- 107- 04254- 4 Hardback I SBN 978- 1- 107- 61714- 8 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of U RL s for external or third-p arty Internet Web sites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such Web sites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04254-4 - Alien Rule Michael Hechter Frontmatter More information For Oscar, Caroline, and K atharine © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04254-4 - Alien Rule Michael Hechter Frontmatter More information Melians: And how could it be just as good for us to be the slaves as for you to be the masters? Athenians: You, by giving in, would save yourselves from disaster; we, by not destroying you, would be able to profi t from you. – T huycidides © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04254-4 - Alien Rule Michael Hechter Frontmatter More information Contents List of Figures and Photographs page x i Preface xiii 1 Introduction 1 Roots of the Antipathy toward Foreigners 7 Roots of the Antipathy to Rule 9 Legitimacy 14 Measuring L egitimacy 1 9 Legitimacy and Alien Rule 21 Plan of the Book 2 4 2 Alien Rule and Its Discontents 27 Alien Rule Elected 32 Alien Rule Imposed 35 Implications 38 The Legitimation of Alien Rule 40 Conclusion 43 3 The Failure of Legitimate Rule in Iraq 46 The Dilemma of Governance in Iraq 46 Indirect and Direct Rule 48 Social Order and Forms of Governance 5 1 Iraq under Alien Rule 5 6 Iraq under the Ottomans 56 Iraq under British Rule 60 Iraq under Native Rule 6 5 Implications 70 4 Resistance to Alien Rule in Taiwan and Korea 75 Explaining Resistance to Alien Rule 76 Resistance to Japanese Rule 77 ix © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04254-4 - Alien Rule Michael Hechter Frontmatter More information x Contents Alternative Explanations 81 Supply Factors: Rebels and Collaborators 8 2 Social Structure 82 Collaboration 83 Demand Factors: The Effects of Japanese Rule 86 Economy 86 Culture 88 Governance 91 Conclusion 93 5 Dynamics of Military Occupation 96 Macroanalysis 9 7 Regime Characteristics 97 Legitimating Occupation Regimes 101 Microanalysis 103 An Example: Palestinian Collaboration with Israel in the Occupied Territories 106 Societal Characteristics 111 Exogenous Factors 114 Conclusion 116 6 Academic Receivership as Alien Rule 1 19 by Gail D ubrow and Debra Friedman The Risk of Receivership 120 Departmental Characteristics 121 Precipitating Conditions 123 Departmental Reactions 127 The Importance of Disciplinarity 128 The Selection of Department Chairs 129 Preference for Native Rule 131 Selection of Alien Rulers 132 Willingness to Serve 133 Conclusion 136 7 Conclusion 138 Legitimating Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions 142 Legitimating Stepparents 148 The Future of Alien Rule 153 An International Market in Governance Services? 155 Bibliography 159 Index 187 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org
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