How and With which consequence Does the State Make People “Legible”

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200826.060How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Legible, State, James C. Scott, Public programmes

Abstract

“Legible” is a method used by states to obtain clearer understanding and better control of the governance. This article will base on Scott’s “legible” theory to illustrate how does the authority make state and people “legible” in three ways: redesigning the city, mandatory use of the surname, and promoting the use of official languages. Then the writer will try to find out how this “legible” process influences the state and citizens. Finally, the conclusion will be made that “legibility” brings benefits to governors, states, and individuals, but it may also lead to the ignorance of the local knowledge and cause the failure of some public programmes and harm the interests of local people.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Silin Zhu
AU  - Zeran Xu
AU  - Yianfei Zhu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - How and With which consequence Does the State Make People “Legible”
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 302
EP  - 305
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.060
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200826.060
ID  - Zhu2020
ER  -