Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India

ISBN-13: 9781108458177 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 214 str.

Nayanika Mathur

Opis

Paper Tiger shifts the debate on state failure and opens up new understanding of the workings of the contemporary Indian state.

Recenzje

'Nayanika Mathur's Paper Tiger is an ethnographic work that reads beautifully for scholars and non-scholars alike. … (Mathur's study) lays the necessary groundwork for more detailed explorations of the roles and the effects of laws targeting the improvement of the livelihoods of the poor in developmental states. The strength of this work rests in the author's convincing representation of bureaucracy as an axis that generates affection through its effective use banalization and specialization. It adds depth and nuance to a growing body of scholarly work on transparency and accountability, as well as on Indian welfare laws and political culture.' Irene Hadiprayitno, The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Glossary; Acronyms; Prologue; Introduction; 1. A remote town: the paper state; 2. The state life of law; 3. The material production of transparency; 4. The letter of the state; 5. Meeting one another: paper tiger?; 6. The reign of terror of the big cat; Conclusion: the state as a paper tiger; References; Index.