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Paper tiger : law, bureaucracy and the developmental state in Himalayan India / Nayanika Mathur.

Van Pelt Library HN690.C463 M37 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mathur, Nayanika.
Series:
Cambridge studies in law and society
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rural development--Government policy--India--Chamoli District.
Rural development.
Wildlife conservation--Government policy--India--Chamoli District.
Wildlife conservation.
Bureaucracy--India--Chamoli District.
Bureaucracy.
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (India).
India. Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
India.
Wildlife conservation--Government policy.
Rural development--Government policy.
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (India).
Chamoli District (India)--Politics and government.
Chamoli District (India).
Politics and government.
India--Chamoli District.
Physical Description:
xxii, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Delhi, India : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Summary:
""Provides a unique explanation of the often-paradoxical effects of progressive legislations in India"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
A remote town
The state life of law
The material production of transparency
The letter of the state
Meeting one another
The reign of terror of the big cat
Conclusion: The state as a paper tiger.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188) and index.
ISBN:
9781107106970
1107106974
OCLC:
910621956

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