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

Weitere Verfasser: Krüger, Dominique, , [MitwirkendeR] , [https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb] , ORC ID
Krüger, Dominique , [HerausgeberIn] , ORC ID
Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph, , [MitwirkendeR] , [https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb] , [HerausgeberIn]
Pfeilschifter, Rene , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]
Umfang/Format: vii, 474 pages : illustrations, maps, charts; 25 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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