gogo

Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity [electronic resource] : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in law and societyPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: xxiii, 499 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 323.1199/2244 23
LOC classification:
  • DS632.M4 B46 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Towards an anthropological understanding of political and legal change -- The pre-colonial nagari -- Minangkabau under colonial government -- Japanese occupation, independence and post-colonial transformation until 1983 -- Centralised government at its zenith -- Reformasi: constitutional reforms and regional autonomy -- Creating new nagari structures -- The return to the nagari: smooth transitions -- Uneasy transformations -- Governing the village -- New dynamics in property rights -- Never ending disputes -- Property law reconstituted, uncertainty perpetuated -- Old issues revisited: Adat, Islam and Minangkabau identity politics -- Decentralisation, the transformation of the nagari and the dynamics of legal pluralism: some conclusions.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards an anthropological understanding of political and legal change -- The pre-colonial nagari -- Minangkabau under colonial government -- Japanese occupation, independence and post-colonial transformation until 1983 -- Centralised government at its zenith -- Reformasi: constitutional reforms and regional autonomy -- Creating new nagari structures -- The return to the nagari: smooth transitions -- Uneasy transformations -- Governing the village -- New dynamics in property rights -- Never ending disputes -- Property law reconstituted, uncertainty perpetuated -- Old issues revisited: Adat, Islam and Minangkabau identity politics -- Decentralisation, the transformation of the nagari and the dynamics of legal pluralism: some conclusions.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Powered by Koha