Local self-governance in Aniquity and in the Global South theoretical and empirical insights from an interdisciplinary perspective

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 perio...

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Otros Autores: Krüger, Dominique, editor (editor), Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph, editor, Pfeilschifter, Rene, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter 2022.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South: An Introduction
  • Law, Patronage, and Communication as Pillars of Urban Governance
  • I Theory and Interdisciplinary Approaches
  • The State and the Good Society: Elements of the Liberal Communitarianism's Political Conception
  • 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 Water for the People: Provision and Maintenance of Water Infrastructure in the Context of Weak Statehood in Antiquity and the Modern Era
  • Syria and Judea
  • Ptolemaic Royal Decrees between Strong and Weak Statehood: Two Ordinances of Ptolemy II on Livestock and Slaves in the Southern Levant
  • Honor the King, and His Friends: The Extent of Early Hasmonean Statehood
  • Fundamentals of Self-Government in Ancient Jewish Writing 4 Maccabees
  • Christian Monasticism as a Facilitator of Local Self-Governance: The Case of sixth-century Gaza
  • Italy and North Africa Whose Monuments? Italian Urbanism and Roman Interventions (2nd-1st Century BCE)
  • Undermining the Emperor in Late Roman Africa: Corruption, Maladministration, and the View from the Provinces
  • Urban Communities and the "Weak" Empire in Roman North Africa (1st to 6th Century CE)
  • III The Global South
  • China
  • Contested Spaces of Self-Governance? Local Participation in the Context of China's PV Poverty Alleviation Strategy
  • Brazil Experiences of Local Self-Regulation Legitimation in a South Brazilian Town: Credit Cooperative and Community Higher Education
  • Mozambique and Burkina Faso
  • A Cat-and-Mouse Game: Urban Street Vending in Maputo, Mozambique
  • Migration in Maputo City and Ethnic Cohesion among Africans: To What Extent Do Ethnic Ties Contribute to Inclusive Growth?
  • Local Self-Organisation under Socio-Spatial Pressure: Insights from Rural Karangasso- Vigué (Burkina Faso) and Peri-Urban Maputo (Mozambique)
  • Authors
  • Index.