Local Self-Governance and Varieties of Statehood

Tensions and Cooperation

Dieter Neubert, Hans-Joachim Lauth, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach

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Springer International Publishing AG
14 December 2023

Series: Contributions to Political Science

The debate on governance originates in the OECD world. At the latest since the postcolonial debate, we know that we need to “test” our assumptions under radically different conditions. This book offers an extended perspective of local self-governance by examining cases from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America, together with a study of militias in the USA. The chapters present a wide variety of local actors who pursue different notions of order legitimized by local traditions based on hierarchy or deeply rooted communalism, Islamic theology, or grassroots democracy. Some local actors claim a state-like authority and challenge the territorial state. In such cases, there is no longer “a shadow hierarchy” but opposition to the state. Different violent actors fight for supremacy, and the state is just one actor among others. The empirical studies presented in this book show how different kinds of local self-governance are combined with varieties of statehood, and thus contribute to an understanding of the notion of governance in a fundamental sense that goes beyond the special case of the OECD world.

Edited by: Dieter Neubert, Hans-Joachim Lauth, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2022 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9783031149986
ISBN 10: 303114998X
Series: Contributions to Political Science
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 14 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Dieter Neubert is a retired Professor of Development Sociology at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lauth holds the Chair of Comparative Politics and German Government at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Würzburg, Germany. Dr. Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach is a research associate at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Würzburg, Germany.