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Author Benda-Beckmann, Franz von.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 499 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-490) and index.
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.
Summary Explores the relationships between matrilineal, Islamic and state law and investigates the dynamics of legal pluralism, governance and property relationships.
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Subject Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Politics and government.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Politics and government.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- History.
History.
Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Indonesia.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von.
Other Form: Print version: Benda-Beckmann, Franz von. Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity 9781107038592 (DLC) 2013000439 (OCoLC)830205576
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