Local self-governance in Aniquity and in the Global South : : theoretical and empirical insights from an interdisciplinary perspective / / edited by Dominique Krüger, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach, Rene Pfeilschifter.

• TeilnehmendeR: Krüger, Dominique,; Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph,; Pfeilschifter, Rene,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : De Gruyter,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (500 pages) :; illustrations

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...

Table of Contents

• 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.