Title Capacity beyond coercion : regulatory pragmatism and compliance along the India-Nepal border / Susan L. Ostermann

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Modern South Asia Modern South Asia series. Contents Coercion meets pragmatism -- 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 Summary "State capacity is often equated with coercion. The literature suggests that compliance with law is unlikely in areas where the state cannot coerce compliance. Utilizing extensive data collected in adjacent districts in India and Nepal, and exploring three different regulatory arenas, this book demonstrates that coercively weak states can significantly increase compliance by behaving pragmatically and designing implementation around known barriers to compliance. One such barrier is imperfect legal knowledge. Though legal knowledge is often assumed to be accurate, this assumption is problematic. Principal-agent problems prevent many weak states from behaving consistently, and target populations often lack education and competent legal advice. As a result, they struggle to learn about the law. States that employ regulatory pragmatism, however, may circumvent this compliance barrier. They do so by designing implementation strategies for on-the-ground realities. The book explores two such efforts-delegated enforcement and information dissemination through local leaders. The data indicate that strategies consistent with regulatory pragmatism, in contrast to those that are legally doctrinaire or deterrence-based, significantly increase legal knowledge and compliance, even where the state is locally weak. This is demonstrated in through a primary case involving compliance with conservation law, as well as through two shadow cases involving compliance with education and child labor regulation"-- Provided by publisher Analysis Regulatory compliance Notes Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of California, Berkeley, 2016) issued under title: Rule of law against the odds : legal knowledge, poverty & compliance along the India-Nepal border Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed December 8, 2023) Subject Law -- India. Law -- Nepal Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation -- India Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation -- Nepal Educational law and legislation -- India Educational law and legislation -- Nepal Child labor -- Law and legislation -- India Child labor -- Law and legislation -- Nepal Child labor -- Law and legislation Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation Educational law and legislation Law Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. India Nepal Form Electronic book LC no. 2022027413 ISBN 9780197661130 0197661130 9780197661123 0197661122 9780197661147 0197661149

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