Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity [electronic resource] : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann.
Material type: TextSeries: 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
- DS632.M4 B46 2013
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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.
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