Alien Rule

by Michael Hechter

Book Overview

This book argues that alien rule can become legitimate to the degree that it provides governance that is both effective and fair. Governance is effective to the degree that citizens have access to an expanding economy and an ample supply of culturally appropriate collective goods. Governance is fair to the degree that rulers act according to the strictures of procedural justice. These twin conditions help account for the legitimation of alien rulers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107617146
• ISBN13: 9781107617148
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"