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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
- Online:
- Cover image
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