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Capacity beyond coercion : regulatory pragmatism and compliance along the India-Nepal border / Susan L. Ostermann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ostermann, Susan L., author.
- Series:
- Modern South Asia.
- Modern South Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--India.
- Law.
- Law--Nepal.
- Conservation of natural resources--Law and legislation--India.
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Conservation of natural resources--Law and legislation--Nepal.
- Educational law and legislation--India.
- Educational law and legislation.
- Educational law and legislation--Nepal.
- Child labor--Law and legislation--India.
- Child labor.
- Child labor--Law and legislation--Nepal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- The state is often associated with the use of force. In 'Capacity beyond Coercion', Susan L. Ostermann explains variation in compliance with conservation, education, and child labor regulations across the open India-Nepal border. In so doing, she demonstrates that coercively weak states can significantly increase compliance by behaving pragmatically and designing legal implementation strategies around known barriers to compliance, such as imperfect legal knowledge. Given that many states have weak enforcement capacity, the findings in this book point a way forward for more effective and responsive governance throughout the developing world.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- From James to regulatory pragmatism
- Examining regulatory pragmatism along the India-Nepal border
- Compliance in the absence of significant coercive capacity
- Inconsistent state action, inaccurate legal knowledge & non-compliance
- Accurate legal knowledge under adverse conditions
- Regulatory pragmatism outside of the forest
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-766113-0
- 0-19-766114-9
- 0-19-766112-2
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