Benda-Beckmann, Franz von.
Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / [electronic resource] : Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xxiii, 499 p. : ill., maps. - Cambridge studies in law and society .
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.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Politics and government.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Legal status, laws, etc.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--History.
Indonesia--Politics and government--20th century.
Electronic books.
DS632.M4 / B46 2013
323.1199/2244
Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / [electronic resource] : Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xxiii, 499 p. : ill., maps. - Cambridge studies in law and society .
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.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Politics and government.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Legal status, laws, etc.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--History.
Indonesia--Politics and government--20th century.
Electronic books.
DS632.M4 / B46 2013
323.1199/2244