Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

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Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South

Theoretical and Empirical Insights from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Herausgegeben von: Dominique Krüger , Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach und Rene Pfeilschifter
Gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Sprache: Englisch

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The nucleus of society is situated at the local level: in the village, the neighborhood, the city district. This is where a community first develops collective rules that are intended to ensure its continued existence. The contributors look at such configurations in geographical areas and time periods that lie outside of the modern Western world with its particular development of society and statehood: in Antiquity and in the Global South of the present. Here states tend to be weak, with obvious challenges and opportunities for local communities. How does governance in this context work?

Scholars from various disciplines (Classics, Theology, Political Science, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Human Geography, Sinology) analyze different kinds of local arrangements in case studies, and they do so with a comparative approach. The sixteen papers examine the scope and spatial contingency of forms of self-governance; its legitimization and the collective identity of the groups behind them; the relations to different levels of state governance as well as to other local groups. Overall, this volume makes an interdisciplinary contribution to a better understanding of fundamental elements of local governance and statehood.

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Dominique Krüger, DAI, Berlin, Germany; Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach and Rene Pfeilschifter, University of Würzburg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	I
Contents Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	V
Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South: An Introduction Dominique Krüger, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach und Rene Pfeilschifter Open Access PDF downloaden	1
Law, Patronage, and Communication as Pillars of Urban Governance Gunnar Folke Schuppert Open Access PDF downloaden	7
I Theory and Interdisciplinary Approaches
The State and the Good Society: Elements of the Liberal Communitarianism’s Political Conception João Pedro Schmidt Open Access PDF downloaden	21
Claiming Legitimization: Non-State Violent Local Stakeholders and Power Legitimization of the Maccabees in Judea in the Second Century BCE and the Koglwéogo in Today’s Burkina Faso Jana Hock, Valeria Tietze und Nestor Zante Open Access PDF downloaden	47
Water for the People: Provision and Maintenance of Water Infrastructure in the Context of Weak Statehood in Antiquity and the Modern Era Adrian S. Erben, Dominique Krüger und Susan Thomschke Open Access PDF downloaden	77
II Antiquity
Syria and Judea
Ptolemaic Royal Decrees between Strong and Weak Statehood: Two Ordinances of Ptolemy II on Livestock and Slaves in the Southern Levant Fabian Knopf Open Access PDF downloaden	107
Honor the King, and His Friends: The Extent of Early Hasmonean Statehood Rotem Avneri Meir Open Access PDF downloaden	133
Fundamentals of Self-Government in Ancient Jewish Writing 4 Maccabees Jan Willem van Henten Open Access PDF downloaden	159
Christian Monasticism as a Facilitator of Local Self-Governance: The Case of sixth-century Gaza Jan R. Stenger Open Access PDF downloaden	177
Italy and North Africa
Whose Monuments? Italian Urbanism and Roman Interventions (2^nd–1^st Century BCE) Francesco Cassini Open Access PDF downloaden	205
Undermining the Emperor in Late Roman Africa: Corruption, Maladministration, and the View from the Provinces Cary M. Barber Open Access PDF downloaden	225
Urban Communities and the “Weak” Empire in Roman North Africa (1^st to 6^th Century CE) Daniel Syrbe Open Access PDF downloaden	291
III The Global South
China
Contested Spaces of Self-Governance? Local Participation in the Context of China’s PV Poverty Alleviation Strategy Anna S. Hauser Open Access PDF downloaden	327
Brazil
Experiences of Local Self-Regulation Legitimation in a South Brazilian Town: Credit Cooperative and Community Higher Education Anna Paula de Moraes Bennech und Matheus Jones Zago Open Access PDF downloaden	367
Mozambique and Burkina Faso
A Cat-and-Mouse Game: Urban Street Vending in Maputo, Mozambique Rogers Hansine Open Access PDF downloaden	397
Migration in Maputo City and Ethnic Cohesion among Africans: To What Extent Do Ethnic Ties Contribute to Inclusive Growth? Inês Macamo Raimundo Open Access PDF downloaden	417
Local Self-Organisation under Socio-Spatial Pressure: Insights from Rural Karangasso- Vigué (Burkina Faso) and Peri-Urban Maputo (Mozambique) Axel Prestes Dürrnagel und Janneke Tiegna Open Access PDF downloaden	439
Authors Open Access PDF downloaden	465
Index Open Access PDF downloaden	467

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Classical scholars, theologians, geographers, political scientists, sinologists, social anthropologists, sociologists

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