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

By: Kr�uger, DominiqueContributor(s): Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph | Pfeilschifter, ReneMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2022Copyright date: {copy}2023Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (482 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783110798098Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global SouthDDC classification: 320.15 Online resources: Click to View
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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 Koglw�eogo 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 (2&lt -- sup&gt -- nd&lt -- /sup&gt -- -1&lt -- sup&gt -- st&lt -- /sup&gt -- 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 (1&lt -- sup&gt -- st&lt -- /sup&gt -- to 6&lt -- sup&gt -- th&lt -- /sup&gt -- 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- Vigu�e (Burkina Faso) and Peri-Urban Maputo (Mozambique) -- Authors -- Index.
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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 Koglw�eogo 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 (2&lt -- sup&gt -- nd&lt -- /sup&gt -- -1&lt -- sup&gt -- st&lt -- /sup&gt -- 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 (1&lt -- sup&gt -- st&lt -- /sup&gt -- to 6&lt -- sup&gt -- th&lt -- /sup&gt -- 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- Vigu�e (Burkina Faso) and Peri-Urban Maputo (Mozambique) -- Authors -- Index.

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