| Description |
xxiii, 499 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Politics and government.
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Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- History.
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Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781107038592 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9781107420717 (electronic bk.) |
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