Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation /
Benda-Beckmann, Franz von.
Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 499 pages) - Cambridge studies in law and society .
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781107416925
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Politics and government.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Legal status, laws, etc.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--History.
Electronic Books.
DS632 / .P655 2013
Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 499 pages) - Cambridge studies in law and society .
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781107416925
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Politics and government.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Legal status, laws, etc.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--History.
Electronic Books.
DS632 / .P655 2013