Benda-Beckmann, Franz von. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107416925 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Politics and government.<br/>Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Legal status, laws, etc.<br/>Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS632  / .P655 2013