Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South : : Theoretical and Empirical Insights from an Interdisciplinary Perspective / / ed. by Dominique Krüger, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach, Rene Pfeilschifter.

• Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• MitwirkendeR: Barber, Cary M.,; Cassini, Francesco,; Dürrnagel, Axel Prestes,; Erben, Adrian S.,; Hansine, Rogers,; Hauser, Anna S.,; Henten, Jan Willem van,; Hock, Jana,; Knopf, Fabian,; Krüger, Dominique,; Meir, Rotem Avneri,; Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph,; Moraes Bennech, Anna Paula de,; Pfeilschifter, Rene,; Raimundo, Inês Macamo,; Schmidt, João Pedro,; Schuppert, Gunnar Folke,; Stenger, Jan R.,; Syrbe, Daniel,; Thomschke, Susan,; Tiegna, Janneke,; Tietze, Valeria,; Zago, Matheus Jones,; Zante, Nestor,
• HerausgeberIn: Krüger, Dominique,; Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph,; Pfeilschifter, Rene,
• Author: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 674 p.)

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...